Modern Classics the Grass Arena: An Autobiography

by John Healy

Book Overview

John Healy's The Grass Arena describes with unflinching honesty his experiences of addiction, his escape through learning to play chess in prison, and his ongoing search for peace of mind. This Penguin Classics edition includes an afterword by Colin MacCabe.

In his searing autobiography Healy describes his fifteen years living rough in London without state aid, when begging carried an automatic three-year prison sentence and vagrant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141189592
• ISBN13: 9780141189598
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"