Up the Junction (1963), a series of short stories set in South London, was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (a literary prize awarded annually for the best work of literature by an author from the Commonwealth aged 35 or under) and was a controversial success at the time for its vibrant, realistic and non-judgmental portrait of its working-class protagonists.
Up the Junction (1963), a series of short stories set in South London, was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (a literary prize awarded annually for the best work of literature by an author from the Commonwealth aged 35 or under) and was a controversial success at the time for its vibrant, realistic and non-judgmental portrait of its working-class protagonists.