Up the Junction
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| Author(s) | Nell Dunn |
| Illustrator | Susan Benson |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MacGibbon & Kee |
| Publication date | 1963 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 110 pp (Hardcover edition) & 112 pp (paperback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 9780860689898 (1988 Virago Press paperback edition) |
| OCLC Number | 17230966 |
Up the Junction is a 1963 novel by Nell Dunn that depicts contemporary life in the industrial slums of Battersea near Clapham Junction.
The book uses colloquial speech, and its portrayal of petty thieving, sexual encounters, births, deaths and back-street abortion provided a view of life that was previously unrecognised by many people. The book won the 1963 John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize.
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[edit] Adaptations
[edit] Television
In 1965 it was adapted for television by the BBC as part of The Wednesday Play anthology strand directed by Ken Loach.[1]
[edit] 1968 film
A film version, directed by Peter Collinson was released in 1968 and was adapted by Roger Smith. It starred Suzy Kendall, Susan George, Dennis Waterman, Adrienne Posta and Maureen Lipman. With a soundtrack by Manfred Mann, it vividly captured the feel of what it was like to live in that decade in a similar manner to another film of the era, Alfie.[citation needed]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Nell Dunn (2000). Up the Junction. Basic Books. ISBN 9781582430669. http://books.google.com/books?id=h3PPYN1EVpUC&dq=Nell+Dunn&printsec=frontcover.
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