Poverty

• 'shabby smart suit the cloth much too thin to wear' pg 5
• 'tight shabby jacket' pg 48
• 'banister shook under his hand' pg 55
• 'bed was sprinkled with flakes of pastry' pg 63
• 'In the soap dish. He said it was in the soap dish' Prewitts desperate search for money pg 128
• 'I cant afford it' pg 188
• 'rotting and discouloured face' pg 204
• 'walls were so thin you could hear the neighbour move behind the shelves like a rat' pg 226
• 'It wasnt cheap living down at brighton' pg 73