Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit.

Gordon Comstock detesta respectabilitatea plictisitoare, specifica clasei de mijloc, si venerarea banilor. Renunta la o ,,slujba buna" in publicitate pentru a lucra cu jumatate de norma intr-o librarie, ceea ce ii ofera mai mult timp pentru scris.