David Harmon 
Beggar’s Lament [EPUB ebook] 

There is a never-ending recession lingering overhead and the specter of things ever returning to their previous peak seems unlikely. Politicians speak of solutions as the economy struggles to gain traction, but no-one thinks much about those at the bottom rung. Left to fend for themselves in a dying industrial city, homeless duo Horace and Alvie stumble their way through life. Their only goal is to survive. But when things take an unexpected turn for the worse, they are forced to separate and make their way without each other. Horace goes from misadventure to misadventure as he is forced to adapt and deal with his own greatest enemy: himself.