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John Gerard Braine (April 13, 1922 - October 28, 1986) was an English novelist. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, Braine left St. Bede's Grammar School at 16 and worked in a shop, a laboratory and a factory before becoming, after the war, a librarian. Although he wrote twelve works of fiction, Braine is chiefly remembered today for his first novel, Room at the Top (1957), which was also turned into a successful film (1959). Braine is usually associated with the Angry Young Men movement.
A harsh, accurate, powerful piece of story-telling * Tribune * Remarkable. . . Room at the Top communicates so successfully the mingled bitterness and bravery of youth * Sunday Times * He has real talent -- C.P. Snow This novel is brilliant...The observation is shrewd and the emotion and the comedy are so true it hurts. * Daily Express *
