The Lowlife Author:Alexander Baron From Harvill's London Writing Series. This is East London, an area of dog tracks and boarding houses, of winners but mostly of losers. Harryboy is lowlife, scum. Trouble starts for him when the Deaners move into his boarding house. Quicker than he can place a bet on a dog, Harryboy finds himself the admired hero and evil genius of the fami... more »ly, particularly for the child Gregory. But Harryboy is also the victim of a secret guilt of his own, something unknown even to his doting sister. The complications resulting from this involve him and the Deaners in even deeper trouble and culminate in a thrilling chase when Harryboy's luck threatens to desert him. The Lowlife, a cult novel long out of print, is published as part of the Harvill Press's new London Writing series.« less