Book description
Douglas Tallentire has at last achieved what his father and grandfather
before him fought for so bitterly. Educated and independent, he can
carve out his own career and spread his wings. But success, freedom and
happiness are more elusive than ever in the fiercely competitive
Seventies. From Cumbria to the frenetic whirl of sophisticated life in
New York and London, Douglas, like all the Tallentires, must come to
terms with private uncertainty and pain. 'An uncommonly high talent.
The people are 'real' enough to leave footprints right across the page'
Melvyn Bragg's first novel, FOR WANT OF A NAIL, was published in 1965
and since then his novels have included 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, which won the WHSmith
Literary Award, and A SON OF WAR and CROSSING THE LINES, both of which
were longlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written several works
of non-fiction including THE ADVENTURE OF ENGLISH and 12 BOOKS THAT
CHANGED THE WORLD.
