{"product_id":"room-at-the-top-paperback","title":"Room at the Top - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Braine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Minton\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eJanine Utell\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Remember the name John Braine. You'll be hearing quite a lot about him. Room at the Top is his first novel and it is a remarkable one . . . it's a long time since we heard the hunger of youth really snarling and it's a good sound to hear again.\" - \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The most discussed, debated and lauded first novel of the year.\" - \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This novel is brilliant . . . The observation is shrewd and the emotion and the comedy are so true it hurts.\" - \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brought up amid squalor and poverty in a dead, ugly small town, young Joe Lampton has one ambition: to escape the anonymous, defeated crowd of \"zombies\" and make it to the top. Everything seems to be going according to plan when he moves to a new city, finds a good job and new friends, and inspires the love of a pretty girl with a rich father. Only one thing holds him back: his passionate affair with an older married woman. Forced to choose between true love and his ruthless pursuit of wealth and success, Joe will have to make a terrible decision, with violent and tragic consequences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoom at the Top\u003c\/i\u003e (1957), the first novel by John Braine (1922-1986), earned widespread critical acclaim and was a runaway bestseller in England and America, running into dozens of printings and spawning a sequel and an Oscar-winning film adaptation. Still explosive more than half a century later, Braine's classic of the \"Angry Young Men\" movement returns to print in this edition, which features a new introduction by Janine Utell and the original jacket art by John Minton.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42712363401279,"sku":"9781939140333","price":36.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4590f216d43b7d56a4f8f45e5cb5ad47.webp?v=1765061508","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/room-at-the-top-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}