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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Room at the Top
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(1957) The first novel of John Braine (1922–86), in which Joe Lampton abandons the woman he loves in order to seduce and marry a young heiress in a small Yorkshire town. It was an immediate success, and the character of its cynical young hero caused Braine to be linked with the *angry young men who had been the publicity rage of the previous year. The story was filmed in 1958 with Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret.
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