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.
Michael Nelson (novelist) "Blanket" (1959) (published under the pseudonym "Henry Stratton"), "When the Bed Broke" (1961), "Captain Blossom" (1973), "Captain Blossom Soldiers On" (1974), "Nobs & Snobs" (1976), "Captain Blossom in Civvy Street" (1978), and "Fear No More" (1989). Michael Nelson (novelist) Michael Nelson (1921-1990) was a British novelist best known for his 1958 gay novel "A Room in Chelsea Square", originally published anonymously. Born in 1921, Nelson was a journalist before the World War II. He was the secretary to publisher John Lehmann during the war and served as a captain in the Royal Army Service Corps. Nelson later owned a bookstore