In a drab street in the far East End of London a boy grows up in a family that has come down in the world, haunted by his father’s failing business and his mother’s pride. Paul goes to work as a clerk, falls in with a touring theatre company, writes stories that come back again and again, and finds his way among the bohemians of literary London.
Jerome’s most personal novel, drawn from his own youth, for readers who know only Three Men in a Boat. Download the free EPUB.