The Reader's Advisory Guide to Street Literature

The title clearly states the subject, though the series of which this forms a part is targeted at librarians advising readers rather than the readers themselves, though the book could serve both.

Street literature is a popular genre of fiction in the USA and currently less so in the UK. The book reflects this bias and its publication by the ALA confirms this slant. Nevertheless for those wishing to have a good grounding in the principles of the genre and its many sub‐genres, this is a clearly articulated summary of the background, history and culture from which street literature has...