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In this collection of stories, Bill Naughton portrays a selection of characters, including truck drivers, Irish itinerants and lamp lighters, in his inimitable pithy style. While each tale can be enjoyed on its own, together they provide a wonderful picture of post-war and a bygone era. With descriptions so graphic the characters could be based on real people, the lives, loves, hopes and disappointments of Naughton''s characters will keep you gripped till the last.



Table of Contents
Late Night on Watling Street A Skilled Man Bit o'Skin Poison Pincher Taddy the Lamplighter The Key of the Cabinet The Bees Have Stopped Working Tom's Sister Boozer's Labourers Weaver's Knot Seeing a Beauty Queen Home A way from Home The Tell-tale Clock Cockney Mum Spiv in Love The Half-Nelson Touch The Little Welsh Girl

Late Night on Watling Street

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    A Paperback by Bill Naughton

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: 1/31/2013 12:01:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781448204311, 978-1448204311
      ISBN10: 1448204313
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In this collection of stories, Bill Naughton portrays a selection of characters, including truck drivers, Irish itinerants and lamp lighters, in his inimitable pithy style. While each tale can be enjoyed on its own, together they provide a wonderful picture of post-war and a bygone era. With descriptions so graphic the characters could be based on real people, the lives, loves, hopes and disappointments of Naughton''s characters will keep you gripped till the last.



      Table of Contents
      Late Night on Watling Street A Skilled Man Bit o'Skin Poison Pincher Taddy the Lamplighter The Key of the Cabinet The Bees Have Stopped Working Tom's Sister Boozer's Labourers Weaver's Knot Seeing a Beauty Queen Home A way from Home The Tell-tale Clock Cockney Mum Spiv in Love The Half-Nelson Touch The Little Welsh Girl

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