Of Love and Hunger

The key literary figure in the pubs of post-war Fitzrovia, Maclaren-Ross pulled together his dispersed energies to write two great books: the posthumously published Memoirs of the Forties and this spectacular novel of the Depression, Of Love and Hunger – harsh, vivid, louche, and slangy, it deserves a permanent place alongside ‘Coming Up for Air’ and ‘Hangover Square’.