Works

by Joseph Connolly

My father is dead. I simply can't tell you how happy this makes me. Lucas Cage loses his father and gains a disused printing works in east London, the only part of his father's legacy he has ever cared for. Casting aside the shackles of his life, Lucas transforms the building, swimming against the tide of gentrification to create a refuge for the misfits and malcontents he marital asylum seekers, a couple obsessed with resurrecting Blitz-era Britain, three washed-up cockney criminals - and the charismatic Jamie a man who shares a past as troubled as Lucas's own, and a gift for bringing people together. The nuclear family has exploded. Welcome to the factory for lost souls. The Works is an elegy to the inextricables of life - pasts and presents, husbands and wives, fathers and sons, hopes and fears - told with Joseph Connolly's inimitable gift for character and voice as he digs up the dirt on nineties London.

Genres: Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Eric]

Fairly unpleasant read. Some interesting stuff going on there but eh

[Evelyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting cast of characters with a very non-traditional landlord. It was sweet how each managed to work through their issues and accept themselves and even become better people just by being there. But so many words! It was a little hard to follow as my mind kept wandering before the author got to the point....

[dona · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don’t have much to say on this book except that the writing and story was insanely hard to follow and I just love to finish reading books even if they are like horrible but I couldn’t keep up.

I got this at a book thriftshop, it’s really one of those books you keep so your book shelve looks fuller.

[Bernie Morris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it.