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Robert Westerby (3 July 1909 in Hackney, England – 16 November 1968 in Los Angeles County, California, United States), was a writer of novels (published by Arthur Barker of London) and screenwriter for films and television. An amateur boxer in his youth, he wrote many early magazine articles and stories centred around that sport.
Robert Westerby (born 3 July 1909 in Hackney, England, died 16 November 1968 in Los Angeles County, California, United States), was an author of novels (published by Arthur Barker of London) and screenwriter for films and television.
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Robert Westerby was born on 3 July 1909 in Hackney, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Spider and the Fly (1949), The Magical World of Disney (1954) and War and Peace (1956). He was married to Elizabeth. He died on 16 November 1968 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
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Robert Westerby. 3.91. 32 ratings6 reviews. First published in 1937, Wide Boys Never Work brings the streets of pre-war London alive in the tradition of other great low-life novelists such as Gerald Kersh and James Curtis, and is a forgotten gem rich in both its snappy dialogue and vibrant prose style.
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Oct 16, 2008 · Wide Boys Never Work (1937) by Robert Westerby is a classic slice of underworld flavoured London literature. For many years it's unavailability gave it mythic status, something Iain Sinclair lovingly chronicles in his excellent introduction to this 2008 edition.
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Showing 15 distinct works. sort by. * Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more books, click here . Robert Westerby has 15 books on Goodreads with 125 ratings. Robert Westerby’s most popular book is Wide Boys Never Work.
Feb 8, 2003 · Sat 8 Feb 2003 18.50 EST. A Pound of Paper: Confessions of a Book Addict. by John Baxter. 417pp, Doubleday, £15. Short of dying and finding myself in used-book heaven, I never thought I would ever...
