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Book Synopsis***Winner of the 2023 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness***
***Winner of an RSL Giles St Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction***
''Part memoir, part howl of fury'' GUARDIAN
''Enrich[es] our impoverished sociological imagination'' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
''Raw and compelling'' FINANCIAL TIMES
''Shows the human cost of a genuinely Kafka-esque bureaucratic system'' NEW STATESMAN
At once a powerful memoir, unflinching polemic and probing investigation into modern homelessness in the UK, by award-winning investigative journalist Daniel Lavelle
Daniel Lavelle left care at the age of nineteen, and experienced homelessness for the first time not long after. So began a life spent navigating social services that were not fit for purpose, leaving Daniel and many like him slipping through the cracks.
In Down and Out, Daniel draws on his own experiences - as well
Trade Review
Lavelle's ruthless and raw exposé fills me with rage, but also with hope - underneath this harrowing story of injustice lies a lyrical longing for a more compassionate and caring future * David Lammy, Labour MP and author of TRIBES *
Daniel Lavelle is a vital voice on one of the most pressing scandals facing Britain today. A book for every politician, policy maker and reader who wants a fairer and kinder country * Frances Ryan, author of CRIPPLED *
Part memoir, part howl of fury * GUARDIAN *
Enrich[es] our impoverished sociological imagination. [Its] case studies are as bleakly memorable as Raymond Carver stories * TLS *
