Street Lavender

"Street Lavender" by Chris Hunt, published by GMP. Maybe this allsounds shocking. All I can say is that there were boys younger than medown the coal mines every day of their lives, and boys with bleedinglimbs forced up chimney flues, with brine rubbed in their wounds toharden their flesh. That's true immorality; so save your pity andrevulsion for that.London in the final quarter of thenineteenth century, where the wealth and elegance of the few liesheavily on top of the squalor of the many. In its busy West End streets, Willie Smith soon learns to use his youth and beauty as a means toescape the grinding poverty of his East End background, as he discoversthe real world that lies hidden beneath the veneer of Victorianrespectability. Book details: published 1986. Order now on BookShops.in with fast, reliable delivery across India.