John Braine (1922-86) was an English novelist, best known for his debut novel 'Room at the Top' (1957), a classic of the 'angry young men' genre, depicting an unscrupulous hero in 1950s Northern England.
John Braine (1922-86) était un romancier anglais, connu pour son premier roman "Room at the Top" (1957), un classique des romans "angry young men" qui dépeint un héros sans scrupules dans le nord de l'Angleterre des années 1950.
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| Back | 1922_86 novelist he is still best known for his first novel, Room at the top 1957, considered as one of classical of angry young men novels it features an unscrupulous and opportunistic hero, Joe Lampton, who choose to marry wealth and success rather than his true love and offers a sharp picture of northern life in the 1950s, obsessed with wealth and social status. a sequel , Life at the top, appeared in 1962. John Gerard Braine (13 April 1922 – 28 October 1986)[1] was an English novelist. Braine is usually listed among the angry young men, a loosely defined group of English writers who emerged on the literary scene in the 1950s. |
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