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The slab boys

Byrne, John, 1940-2020
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A schools edition by Scottish playwright John Byrne, a popular set text for SQA Higher English. A semi-autobiographical work, 'The Slab Boys' is set in the slab room of A. F. Stobo & Co Carpet Manufacturers in Paisley and the action takes place on one day in 1957. It explores themes such as rebellion and conformity, social class and social mobility, youth, deception, and frustrated ambition and achievement.
Main title:
The slab boys / John Byrne.
Author:
Edition:
School edition.
Imprint:
Paisley : Hodder Gibson, 2020.
Collation:
144 pages ; 22 cm
Audience:
Adolescent.
ISBN:
9781510480568 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
273951
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