Life at the Top Life at the Top Life At The Top is the third novel by the English author John Braine, first published in the UK by Eyre & Spottiswoode and in the US by Houghton Mifflin & Co. in 1962. It continues the story of the life and difficulties of Joe Lampton, an ambitious young man of humble origins. A 1965 film adaptation of the novel was made starring Laurence Harvey. In September 2012, BBC television finally broadcast a two-part television adaptation of "Room at the Top" that had been delayed because of copyright difficulties. Matthew McNulty was in the lead role.
John Murray (novelist) John Murray (novelist) John Murray (born 1950, Cleator Moor, Cumberland) is an English writer and novelist known for writing satirical novels on a range of subjects. He read Sanskrit at University College, Oxford. In 1984 he founded the fiction magazine "Panurge", which he edited with fellow author David Almond until 1996. Panurge Publishing published Julia Darling's debut collection of short stories, "Bloodlines" in 1995. Murray's first novel, "Samarkand", was published in 1985 and in 1988 he received the Dylan Thomas Award for his collection of stories, "Pleasure". In 2002 his novel "John Dory" won a Lakeland Book of the Year