Synopses & Reviews
Although written as fiction, this book is autobiographical -- peopled with extraordinary characters, suffused with humor, and yet unflinching in its portrayal of the near slavery of the poor in Scotland and Ireland.
Synopsis
Written as fiction, this text is Patrick MacGill's autobiography. Starting with an account of his childhood in Ireland at the end of the 19th century, the story moves to Scotland where, tramp then gang-labourer then navvy, Dermond Flynn (as he sometimes calls himself) discovers himself as a writer.