8 rows · · A rollicking picaresque novel by the legendary author of such classics of kitchen sink realism as Brand: Open Road Media. A Start in Life is Sillitoe's ninth novel and follows the fortunes of Michael Cullen, who describes himself as ''a bastard'' at the start of the novel and soon confirms another meaning of the term when he leaves Nottingham and his pregnant girlfriend behind to flee to London, /5(12). A Start in Life is the 1st book in the Michael Cullen Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. “A Start in Life is, for my money, the best novel that Sillitoe has yet written.” —New Statesman/5(9).
Alan Sillitoe's most popular book is The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner. Alan Sillitoe has books on Goodreads with ratings. Alan Sillitoe's most popular book is The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner. A Start in Life by. Alan Sillitoe. avg rating — ratings — published — 10 editions. Want to Read. Alan Sillitoe has been hailed as "the most quietly eloquent of his cohort of postwar British novelists" (Jonathan Lethem). Here are three of Sillitoe's finest and funniest, chronicling the adventures of the "happy bastard" Michael Cullen. A Start in Life: The saga begins as Michael Cullen says goodbye to his home in Nottingham and. Alan Sillitoe's first volume of poetry, Without Beer or Bread, was published in , swiftly followed in by his first novel, the ground-breaking Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, a vivid portrait of masculinity and Nottinghamshire working-class life. It was awarded the Author's Club First Novel Award and was made into a film starring.
A Start in Life A star book: Author: Alan Sillitoe: Publisher: W.H. Allen, Original from: the University of Michigan: Digitized: : ISBN: X, Length: pages: Export Citation: BiBTeX EndNote RefMan. A Start in Life is a picaresque novel by the British writer Alan Sillitoe. It was followed by a sequel Life Goes On in Synopsis. Michael Cullen abandons his pregnant girlfriend in Nottingham and heads south to London where he becomes mixed-up with a smuggling racket. Eventually caught and sent to prison, he eventually decides to return to a quiet life in the provinces. "Start In Life" seemed to be a timely reading. I was a bookish teenager looking for role models and Mike Cullen turned to be a major find. The flamboyant clerk then strip-club bouncer then mafia boss chaffeur then crazy writer's secretary then gold smuggler then convict then landlord is a fascinating figure.
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