Dockers and Detectives River Wolton they have power — but

they have power — but at what cost

Rita Ann Higgins

Brilliant Oxford student

He has written several articles on history and current affairs for Channel 4

the guardian angel

Dockers and Detectives River Wolton they have power — butKen Worpole in his ground breaking book Dockers and Detectives, analysed the appeal of hardboiled US crime novels of the 1930s to an industrial working class that failed to identify with the tamed domesticity of the home counties. This pioneering study of twentieth century working class reading and writing in Britain helped revive a number of literary reputations, such as those of Alexander Baron and James Hanley, as well as distinguishing distinct