title: Journal of an Urban Robinson Crusoe
text: # Journal of an Urban Robinson Crusoe
  
  Journal of an Urban Robinson Crusoe: London and Brighton is a book written by Des Marshall. It is a portrait of a troubled yet resilient and compassionate man and the people he meets in London and Brighton in the closing years of the twentieth century.
  
  Taking the form of a journal, it is mostly based on Des Marshall's own experiences and covers a six-year period between 1995 and 2001. It was first published by Saxon Books in 2002.
  
  In 2009 it was adapted into a play called The Urban Robinson Crusoe.
  
  