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The Works

by Joseph Connolly
$8.90
The Works
The Works

Explosive family drama meets quirky urban refuge.

If you're drawn to stories of complex family dynamics and the lure of starting anew amidst urban grit, "The Works" might speak to you. It's a dive into the gritty underbelly of London through the eyes of Lucas Cage, who finds solace and purpose in transforming a piece of his past. Joseph Connolly paints a vivid tapestry of characters, each wrestling with their own demons, but finding a shared sense of belonging in an unexpected place. It's darkly humorous, poignantly reflective, and speaks to the notion that sometimes, in the least likely of places, we find a piece of ourselves and a sense of home.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Works

by Joseph Connolly
$8.90
ISBN: 9781782067009
Authors: Joseph Connolly
Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.03
(rated by 32 readers)

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My father is dead. I simply can't tell you how happy this makes me. Lucas Cage loses his father and gains a disused printing works in east London, the only part of his father's legacy he has ever cared for. Casting aside the shackles of his life, Lucas transforms the building, swimming against the tide of gentrification to create a refuge for the misfits and malcontents he meets: asylum seekers, a couple obsessed with resurrecting Blitz-era Britain, three washed-up cockney criminals - and the charismatic Jamie, a man who shares a past as troubled as Lucas's own, and a gift for bringing people together. The nuclear family has exploded. Welcome to the factory for lost souls. The Works is an elegy to the inextricables of life - pasts and presents, husbands and wives, fathers and sons, hopes and fears - told with Joseph Connolly's inimitable gift for character and voice as he digs up the dirt on nineties London.
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Explosive family drama meets quirky urban refuge.

If you're drawn to stories of complex family dynamics and the lure of starting anew amidst urban grit, "The Works" might speak to you. It's a dive into the gritty underbelly of London through the eyes of Lucas Cage, who finds solace and purpose in transforming a piece of his past. Joseph Connolly paints a vivid tapestry of characters, each wrestling with their own demons, but finding a shared sense of belonging in an unexpected place. It's darkly humorous, poignantly reflective, and speaks to the notion that sometimes, in the least likely of places, we find a piece of ourselves and a sense of home.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.