Robert Tressell (pen name used by Robert Noonan; April 17, 1870—February 3, 1911) was an Irish-British writer best known for his novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists.
A bit preachy, a bit repetitive and not always engaging. An interesting social commentary and probably needs to be read if anyone is interested in the left wing ideology. But it is not a life changing book like those that it is sometimes compared to