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Author | Arthur Koestler |
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Language | English |
Genre | Autobiography |
Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Publication date | 1941 |
Pages | 250 |
Scum of the Earth is a memoir by Anglo-Hungarian writer Arthur Koestler in which he describes his life in France during 1939-1940, the chaos that prevailed in France just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War and France’s collapse, his tribulations, internment in a concentration camp, and eventual escape to England, via North Africa and Portugal. It was first published by Jonathan Cape in 1941.