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Over a period of eighteen months Tony Parker interviewed the residents of an ordinary housing estate in South London. He listened to an assorted mixture of personalities - including a vagrant, two policemen, an often-convicted fence who was the mother of five children, a pro-flogging magistrate, a local doctor, and a 75-year-old widower who spent "an hour or two in bed each week with one or other of about twelve different ladies I meet at our church". The inhabitants of "Providence" opened their hearts, revealing all their quirks, emotions and prejudices. These interviews prove that extraordinary stories are found not only in deserts and jungles: even amid the bleak sprawl of South London, Tony Parker discovered a community that is diverse and enthralling.
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In twenty years of reviewing this is the book that has lodged deepest in my mind. -- Craig Brown, The Spectator
It is just about impossible to overpraise this book. -- Anne Smith, The New Statesman
The greatest oral historian of our day. -- The Times
a string of fascinating soliloquies from people who would normally be regarded as too inarticulate to make their voices heard. -- Max Davidson, The Daily Telegraph
it is a triumph. -- Peter Wilmott, The Times Literary Supplement
It is just about impossible to overpraise this book. -- Anne Smith, The New Statesman
The greatest oral historian of our day. -- The Times
a string of fascinating soliloquies from people who would normally be regarded as too inarticulate to make their voices heard. -- Max Davidson, The Daily Telegraph
it is a triumph. -- Peter Wilmott, The Times Literary Supplement
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- PublisherHutchinson
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0091515904
- ISBN 13 9780091515904
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages373
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published by Hutchinson of London in 1983. Soft cover, so no Dust Jacket. This is an Uncorrected Proof Copy. Book condition: Good to Very Good. Pinkish cover with good inside pages. There is some foxing to the edges of the pages. See photograph. Dims: 235mm x 155mm x 20mm. 373 pages. Seller Inventory # 005927
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Book Description Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. n/a (illustrator). First Edition. HB DJ first edition. DJ not clipped. Blue cloth boards, silver titles spine. 24.1 x 16cm. 373 pages. The author spent 5 years researching a housing estate in London. His subjects speak directly via the tape recorder to the reader. Extremely reflective report of urban life and more clearer than many official reports or sociological surveys. Condition: tear on DJ front bottom right corner. Slight shelf rub top and bottom of spine. Front board faint scratch otherwise good colour and condition. o/p private embossed owner stamp with who has given this book below it in blue neat biro. Clean, little wear, binding firm, good colour. VGC. Seller Inventory # 006299
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