Describe Victory Mansions as described by the author, in Chapter 2 of Part 1.

Victory Mansions is a decrepit, deteriorating building. The lift (elevator) rarely works, and the smell of boiled cabbage permeates the halls.

The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats. At one end of it a coloured poster, too large for indoor display, had been tacked to the wall.