{"product_id":"strumpet-city","title":"Strumpet City","description":"\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis new edition of the epic \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStrumpet City\u003c\/i\u003e marks the centenary of the 1913 Lockout. It has been chosen as Dublin City Libraries' One City, One Book for 2013. First published in 1969, it has repeatedly been described as one of the greatest Irish novels of all time.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCentring on the seminal lockout of 20,000 workers in Dublin in 1913, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStrumpet City\u003c\/i\u003e encompasses a wide sweep of city life. From the destitution of Rashers Tierney to the solid, aspirant respectability of Fitz and Mary, the priestly life of Father O'Connor, and the upper-class world of Yearling and the Bradshaws, it paints a portrait of a city of stark contrasts, with an urban working class mired in vicious poverty.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStrumpet City\u003c\/i\u003e is much more than a book about the Lockout. Through the power of vivid fiction we encounter all the complexities of humanity.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe brilliant and much-loved TV series, originally screened by RTE in 1980, is fondly remembered by many but to read the book is to immerse yourself in social and historical writing akin to Chekhov and Tolstoy.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47279984017755,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/files\/1_2e080e8a-8d43-4139-abf4-8adc29b5e509.jpg?v=1699105658","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.pro\/products\/strumpet-city","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}