Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
John Wain
![John Wain](/img/nopic_profile.png)
Born: March 14, 1925
Died: May 24, 1994 (aged 69)
Bio: John Barrington Wain was an English poet, novelist, and critic, associated with the literary group "The Movement". For most of his life, Wain worked as a freelance journalist and author, writing and reviewing for newspapers and the radio.
Known for:
- Hurry on Down (1953)
- A Winter in the Hills (1970)
- The smaller sky (1967)
- Strike the father dead (1962)
- Young Shoulders (1982)