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Robert Tressell was an Irish writer best known for the political novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists.
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'The first great English novel about the class war, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is spiked, witty, humorous, instructive and full of excitement, harmony and pathos.' - ALAN SILLITOE
About the Author:
'Some books seem to batter their way to immortality against all the odds, by sheer brute artistic strength, and high up in this curious and honourable company must be counted The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. Robert Tressell's unfailing humour mixes with an unfailing rage and the two together make a truly Swiftian impact.' - MICHAEL FOOT, Evening Standard
'The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a wonderful book. Its wonder comes from the raciness of its story and the passionate ethics that emerge.' - City Limits
'Robert Tressell has complete familiarity with the idiom of his characters. His language is bizarre, vital, highly inventive and precisely heard - it is a complete and living archaeology of the speech of a particular human group. A brilliant and very funny book.' - Spectator
'A torch to pass from generation to generation.' TONY BENN
Robert Noonan who wrote under the pen-name of Robert Tressel worked in different fields such as designing and decorating. He wrote different articles on current issues of the time. Later in his years of unemployment, he resumed his career as a writer.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 151439717X
- ISBN 13 9781514397176
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages510
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