Studs Lonigan

Name: Studs Lonigan
Author: James T. Farrell

by James T. Farrell

Trilogy of Irish American boy's coming of age amid urban poverty and violence

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James T. Farrell

James T. Farrell documented the Irish-American working-class world of Chicago's South Side with Zolaesque naturalism in his Studs Lonigan trilogy. His unflinching sociology of poverty and failed aspiration influenced later urban fiction.

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Young LoniganFirst volume following young Irish American protagonist toward adulthood on Chicago streets
The Young Manhood of Studs LoniganSecond volume tracing protagonist's development through adolescence in urban environment
Judgment DayFinal volume of trilogy depicting protagonist's decline amid economic collapse and failure
Gas-House McGintyNovel of working-class men and their struggles in Depression-era Chicago neighborhoods