Crossing The Lines
Longlisted for the Booker Prize
$33.51
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2004
Summary
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE
THE THIRD NOVEL IN ‘ONE OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED LITERARY SERIES IN RECENT TIMES’ (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)
‘An enormously important piece of literature’ Guardian
‘Richly detailed and extraordinarily poignant’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Expertly told … a continuation of a monumental series’ The Times
Set in Britain during the 1950s, this mov…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340829677 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0340829672 |
| Author: | Melvyn Bragg |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Sceptre |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2004 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘Richly detailed and extraordinarily poignant … Melvyn Bragg is slowly cementing his place among the aristocrats of English fiction’
‘I was bowled over by it … an enormously important piece of literature about post-war Britain’ [A.C. Grayling, Guardian]
‘Enthralling, a joy to read’ [Allan Massie, Scotsman]‘An expertly told tale which is satisfying in its own right and as a continuation of a monumental series.’ [Frank Egerton, The Times]‘Richly detailed and extraordinarily poignant … Melvyn Bragg is slowly cementing his place among the aristocrats of English fiction’ [David Robson, Sunday Telegraph]Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg was born in Wigton, Cumbria, in 1939. He went to the local Grammar School and then to Wadham College, Oxford. He joined the BBC in 1961, and published his first novel, For Want of a Nail, in 1965.
He left the BBC and continued to write novels which include The Soldier’s Return (WH Smith Literary Award), Without a City Wall (Mail on Sunday John Llewellyn Rhys Prize) and Now Is the Time (Parliamentary Book Award 2016). A Place in England, Son of War and Crossing the Lines were all nominated for the Booker Prize. His non-fiction includes The Adventure of English and The Book of Books, and his first memoir, Back in the Day, was published in 2022 to critical acclaim.
He edited and presented The South Bank Show from 1977 and hosted the BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time from 1998. He has now retired from both. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society and of The British Academy. He was given a Peerage in 1998 and a Companion of Honour in 2017.
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