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Autumn Manoeuvres

Autumn Manoeuvres

by Melvyn Bragg (Author)

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    Paperback 1993

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    Paperback 1979

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    Paperback 1993

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Synopsis

Jimmie Johnston first became a Labour MP in Cumbria when there was a brave new post-war world to build. Now, in the late 70s, another general election looms but he is no longer so optimistic. And as he fights to keep his seat, his family begins to fracture around him and scandal threatens. In this absorbing and fast-paced novel, Melvyn Bragg's portrait of the mood and politics of the era remains as pertinent today as on its original publication.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Edition: New e.
 Publisher: Sceptre
Published: 07 Oct 1993
ISBN 10: 0340518561
ISBN 13: 9780340518564
Book Overview: An absorbing novel of politics, family fractures and scandal in late 70s Britain.

Media Reviews
Melvyn Bragg is quite simply one of the best writers we have * Sunday Telegraph *
A gripping novel...there is a demonic streak in Bragg's imagination, something excitingly macabre * Listener *
Very good, very pleasurable and very authentic...an extremely well-timed book * Anthony Howard *
There are certain writers - Lawrence, Hardy, Bennett - whose novels seem to grow from the very soil that nurtured them. Melvyn Bragg is one of them: his characters' roots are firmly in Cumbria...The writing and characterisation are powerful * Daily Telegraph *
Author Bio
Melvyn Bragg is a writer and broadcaster. His novels include The Hired Man, for which he won the Time/Life Silver Pen Award, Without a City Wall, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, The Soldier's Return, winner of the WHSmith Literary Award, A Son of War and Crossing the Lines, both of which were longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, A Place in England, which was longlisted for the Lost Man Booker Prize, and most recently Grace and Mary. He has also written several works of non-fiction, including The Book of Books about the King James Bible. He lives in London and Cumbria.