Offers a collection of stories about the lives of working-class English boys during the 1930s

The Goalkeeper's Revenge: And Other Stories

Children's Books

NAUGHTON, Bill

Literature & Fiction

Penguin Uk

From the renowned author of Alfie comes an autobiography that provides both a fascinating memoir of a bygone era -- the North of England before World War II -- and a moving account of the struggles of a self-taught man to find his voice as a writer. At age 30, Bill Naughton was a married man with two children, driving a coal truck in Bolton for a living. Getting up around midnight to write, he found that the effort of shaping a single sentence brought him out in a thicker sweat than did the loading of a few tons of coal. But eventually, after years of strain and torment, he had by 1945 published and broadcast a number of stories, and his first book, A Roof Over Your Head, was in its third printing. The events leading up to this transformation make a lively narrative, spiced with hints on writing which no aspirant should miss. A visit to his birthplace in County Mayo in 1945 results in a description rich in forgotten folklore and custom of the Irish people, and in turn leads to the story of his family's emigration. At the age of 4, Naughton was loathe to leave his Irish home but was finally persuaded by his mother, who told him that once in England they would all be "on the pig's back" (or "high on the hog"). Bolton during the Great War and the Depression is then vividly evoked in a series of portraits: domestic life in a coalmining family; the author's career at Catholic elementary school; the raucous street scene of the day; and the degradations of life on the dole. With a wonderful ear for dialogue and the rhythms of local speech, Bill Naughton gives the reader a unique look at the triumphs and tragedies of pre-war working class life.

On the Pig's Back

Oxford University Press

On the Pig's Back: An Autobiographical Excursion (Oxford paperbacks - Oxford letters & memoirs)

Biographies & Memoirs

Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)

This sequel to Bill Naughton's successful autobiography "On the Pig's Back" describes his boyhood in the 1920s in industrial Lancashire and the devastating effect the mining dispute of 1921 had on his family. Naughton is also the author of "Alfie", "Spring and Port Wine" and numerous short stories.

Saintly Billy: A Catholic Boyhood (Oxford Paperbacks)

Alfie darling: A novel

Macgibbon Kee

Goalkeeper's Revenge

Hodder&Stoughton Ltd

Alfie Darling

Ballantine Books

One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is a collection of stories of a Lancashire childhood, of football in the streets, fishing, fighting and school, of growing up and looking for work, and of characters such as Spit Nolan the champion trolley-rider, and Sam Dalt the goalkeeper.

The Goalkeepers Revenge

Heinemann

One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is the story of Bill and Spadger's progress from school to work in mill and mine in the Lancashire of the Twenties.

My Pal Spadger

Education & Teaching

Mozley, Charles

Schools & Teaching

Heinemann Educational Books - Secondary Division

The ultimate amoral "swinger", Alfie swaggers and philosophizes his way through a parade of 'birds' in 1960's London, allowing the audience to eavesdrop as he goes. When one carefree entanglement proves too close for even Alfie's comfort, the "swinger" lands with a thud. A hit in London, this story became a classic film that made a star of Michael Caine as the title cad.

Alfie - A Play

Genre Fiction

Samuel. French

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