Publisher's Synopsis
Discussing writers such as Kingsley Amis, Philip Larkin, John Osborne, John Braine and others, this text offers a picture of Britain in the 1950s. Above all, it demonstrates how the media can both help and ruin literature.
About the Publisher
The first ten paperback Penguin books appeared in 1935 costing 6d each (the price of a packet of cigarettes). Since then the Penguin list has developed enormously, but still aims to bring the best writing to the widest possible audience. Penguin Paperbacks now range from Booker Prize-winning contemporary authors, to mass market bestsellers, with successful history, biography and general non-fiction as well.
