Set in dublin during the lockout of 1913, Strumpet City is a panoramic novel of city life. It embraces a wide range of social milieux, from the miseries of the tenements to the cultivated, bourgeois bradshaws. It introdu...Set in dublin during the lockout of 1913, Strumpet City is a panoramic novel of city life. It embraces a wide range of social milieux, from the miseries of the tenements to the cultivated, bourgeois bradshaws. It introduces a memorable cast of characters: the main protagonist, fitz, a model of the hard-working, loyal and abused trade unionist; the isolated, well-meaning and ineffectual fr o'connor; the wretched and destitute rashers tierney.