The Real Gorbals Story

Informationen zum Autor Colin MacFarlane Klappentext An insider's story of the Gorbals, Glasgow's notorious, crime-ridden slum. MacFarlane witnessed the last days of the old Gorbals, a community where ordinary, hard-working people were trying to survive amidst drunkenness, gang violence and police corruption. Zusammenfassung Colin MacFarlane was born in Gorbals in the 1950s, 20 years after the publication of "No Mean City", the novel about pre-war life in what was once Glasgow's deprived district. The author witnessed the last days of old Gorbals as street boy as a regeneration programme was implemented. He reveals what it was really like to live in old Gorbals.

Vorwort
A real-life account of growing up in the 1960s Gorbals by one of its own

Autorentext

Colin MacFarlane

Klappentext

An insider's story of the Gorbals, Glasgow's notorious, crime-ridden slum. MacFarlane witnessed the last days of the old Gorbals, a community where ordinary, hard-working people were trying to survive amidst drunkenness, gang violence and police corruption.

Zusammenfassung
Colin MacFarlane was born in Gorbals in the 1950s, 20 years after the publication of "No Mean City", the novel about pre-war life in what was once Glasgow's deprived district. The author witnessed the last days of old Gorbals as street boy as a regeneration programme was implemented. He reveals what it was really like to live in old Gorbals.