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The Common

The Common

The Common

The Common

by Edmonds, Gill

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ISBN 10
0856341533
ISBN 13
9780856341533
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London: Blond & Briggs, 1984. Author's first novel. In a vastly overcrowded city, where all social services have broken down, the human debris tumbles toward any space. The South London Commons are appropriated by packs of child-beggars, huddling in shanytowns, feeding off their surrounds without regard to personal property or law. " Their purpose, after all, is only life." Mardy is one such child, snatching a life for herself from market stalls and shop counters whilst Serim, the pack leader, must provide through more profitable crime..... This is a harrowing story which lifts the problems of overpopulation and the spiralling poverty trap, more commonly associated with the Third World, to a thriving western capital and, in so doing, gives these problems a new meaning. The author had taught disadvantaged children in Brixton and Wandsworth. A bright, clean book in an illustrated dust jacket. Jacket drawing by Barrie Thorpe. No names or inscriptions.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Common
Author
Edmonds, Gill
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0856341533
ISBN 13
9780856341533
Publisher
Blond & Briggs
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1984
Keywords
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