D.J.Taylor on Patrick Hamilton in the TLS

The TLS reproduces D.J. Taylor's introduction to the forthcoming reissue of the Gorse trilogy, under the title, "the lost worlds of Patrick Hamilton". His phrase, "the laureate of the saloon bar", sounds derivative to me, and the jibe that Hamilton was a "doctrinaire Marxist" is unnecessary; I have never read a less doctrinaire Marxist writer, but otherwise Taylor is worth reading.
Black Spring's edition is due for publication on 7 June, according to their website, though Amazon announce it for the 21st of the month .