The Ampersand

By Jack Common

Format: Hardback

Published by: Turnstile Press (1954)

Condition: Good. Dust jacket Fair unclipped. Rare.

The Ampersand?is the second of Jack Common’s autobiographical novels about working class life on Edwardian Tyneside. Common, a British socialist, essayist and novelist born in 1903 was an excellent chronicler of the everyday life of the working class.?The Ampersand,?together with the first installment?Kiddar’s Luck?was supposed to be part of a trilogy but Common’s publisher?Turnstile Press?went into liquidation before this could be achieved. Common was friends with George Orwell and for a few years they were near neighbours. Jack Common the man has inspired a number of UK folk singer/songwriters and their lyrics.?