The first volume of autobiography by the psychologist and economist, Ralph Glasser, which describes his undergraduate days at Oxford when he was a scholarship student. The book contrasts the author's background in the Glasgow Gorbals with the often arrogant nature of Oxford academic life.

Gorbals Boy At Oxford

GLASSER, Ralph

Pan Books, Ltd.

'GORBALS VOICES, SIREN SONGS'

Biographies & Memoirs

Pan.

"Growing Up in the Gorbals" describes Glasser's childhood and adolescence in Glasgow's slum tenements. "Gorbals Boy at Oxford" takes him to Oxford, into the army, and back to war-time Oxford. With "Gorbals Voices, Siren Songs" Glasser concludes his memoir.

Gorbals Trilogy

Pan/Macmillan

Scenes from a highland life

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Hodder and Stoughton

Gorbals boy at Oxford

London: Chatto & Windus

GORBALS VOICES SIRENS SO

Humor & Entertainment

Chatto&Windus

Growing Up in the Gorbals

Born to Jewish immigrant parents living in the notorious Gorbals of Glasgow, Ralph Glasser vividly recounts his hardships and childhood troubles. His story is poignantly and intelligently told, avoiding the temptations of bitterness and nostalgia, and reveals an evocative and deeply powerful portrait of life in the Gorbals. Moving from his early years, through a brief education and time working in a barber's shop and a clothes factory, Glasser's tragic tale ends in triumph with his acceptance into Oxford - a lasting testimony to the dedication and commitment of a very talented man.

History

Europe

Magna Large Print Books

Memoirs

House of Stratus Ltd

This is an autobiographical account of life in wartime Oxford, focusing on Ralph Glasser who grew up in the slums of Glasgow, and moved to Oxford to take up a scholarship just before the outbreak of the Second World War. He describes here the diametrically different worlds of the characters he met from snooty north Oxford hostesses to "boss class" progressive thinkers such as R.H.S. Crossman, Harold Laski, G.D.H. Cole and Victor Gollancz, and the shady world of Communist Party recruiters - including Philip Toynbee - in search of appropriate "soul mates". This book is the successor to "Growing up in the Gorbals", published by Chatto in 1986.

Gorbals Boy at Oxford

Arts & Literature

Gorbals Voices, Siren Songs

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