The Plains of Cement by Patrick Hamilton

The Plains of Cement is the third and final book in Patrick Hamilton’s Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky collection, which follows three down-and-out characters through the streets of London in the fall and early winter of 1929. The Siege of Pleasure is the second book in Patrick Hamilton's Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky trilogy. Book one, The Midnight Bell, follows the waiter, Bob, as he falls in love with prostitute Jenny Maples.