Man Alone, 9781776950652
Paperback
Depression, alienation, and a lone man’s struggle in unsentimental New Zealand.

Man Alone

$14.07

  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    1 August 2023

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Summary

This classic has been released in the Popular Penguin format to mark 50 years of publishing in New Zealand. The format reaches further back to 1935, when Allen Lane founded Penguin Books with a clear vision: ‘We believed in the existence of a vast reading public for intelligent books at a low price, and staked everything on it.’

Man Alone is a literary landmark that has haunted our writing for decades. Set during the Great Depression, with vivid depictions of the Waterfront d…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781776950652
ISBN-10:1776950658
Author:John Mulgan
Publisher:Penguin Group (NZ)
Imprint:Penguin
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:1 August 2023
Weight:100g
Dimensions:180mm x 110mm x 14mm
Series:Popular Penguins
About The Author

John Mulgan

John Mulgan MC (31 December 1911 - 26 April 1945) was a New Zealand writer, journalist and editor, who served in the Middle East during the Second World War and after El Alamein joined the Special Operations Executive and coordinated guerrilla action in Greece, for which he was awarded the Military Cross. In 1945 he committed suicide. He is best known for his novel Man Alone (1939).

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