Room at the Top (novel) Room at the Top (novel) Room at the Top is a novel by John Braine, first published in the United Kingdom by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1957, about the rise of an ambitious young man of humble origin, and the socio-economic struggles undergone in realising his social ambitions in post-war Britain. A film adaptation was made in 1959, followed in 2012 by a TV film. John Minton's cover art from the first edition was restored and used on the new edition by Valancourt Books in 2013. Joe Lampton, demobilised at the end of the Second World War, is starting in
Room at the Top (song) Room at the Top (song) "Room at the Top" is a song by Adam Ant, and the lead track on his fourth solo album, "Manners & Physique". It was released as a single on 5 February 1990, a month prior to the album's release. After having spent most of the past five years working on his acting career, this was Adam's first single since "Vive Le Rock" in 1985. "Room at the Top" peaked at number seventeen on the "Billboard" Hot 100, making it his second biggest hit in the US behind "Goody Two Shoes". It was also a number