"It deserves its success. It is very far from being a mere frivolous bestseller." - Anthony Burgess, "Observer"
"Alive from the first moment to the last." - "Listener"
"John Braine has brilliantly repeated the success of his first novel." - Arthur Calder-Marshall, "Financial Times"
In John Braine's remarkable first novel, "Room at the Top" (1957), he introduced readers to Joe Lampton, a ruthlessly ambitious young working-class man determined to reach the top at any cost. The book became a defining novel of the decade, selling over a million copies and being adapted for an...