Nigel Williams’s 1984 thriller involving trade unions, nationalised car manufacturers, far left politics – it’s a classic of its era, concludes DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading
Tag Archives: 1980s fiction
Rear-view review: Life in the West
Melvyn Bragg meets Max Hastings in a 1980 novel, as DAN ATKINSON looks on. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Red Crystal
DAN ATKINSON on Clare Francis’s fictionalized version of the Angry Brigade. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Mid-Century Men
Arthur Hopcraft’s fictionalized version of T Dan Smith, read by DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Maggie Muggins
DAN ATKINSON renews his acquaintance with Keith Waterhouse’s great London novel Maggie Muggins. Continue reading
‘As hearty as roast beef’: William Haggard
ALWYN TURNER celebrates the work of Cold War thriller writer William Haggard. Continue reading
