description: This is the story of Dan Murray, who emigrated to England in 1952. He finds work as a building labourer and in time he becomes a building contractor.John B. Keane captures the turbulent, bawdy, anarchic life of Irish contractors and labourers as they try to make it big in England. Told in his usual hilarious and bulls-eye accurate style.
language: English
title: The Contractors: A Novel
titlecomplete: The Contractors: A Novel
genres: Fiction, Irish Literature
ratings_count: 82
publisher: Mercier Press