John Braine — Life at the Top

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode , 1962. First edition. Cloth. A handsome first edition of John Braine's sequel to 'Room at the Top', centring around the ambitious yet disillusioned Joe Lampton ten years later. First edition.With the publisher's clipped dust wrapper. 'Life at the Top' continues the story of Joe Lampton, an ambitious young man of humble origins, ten years on from the well-received previous instalment, 'Room at the Top&apos. Here we see Joe struggle with dissatisfaction despite having a wife, an executive job, cars and a new house. The third novel written by John Braine, whose name is often listed among the "angry young men", a loosely defined group of English writers who emerged in the 1950s.  In the original cloth binding. With the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with a hint of shelf wear to the spine only. Dust wrapper is very smart, with mild edge wear, resulting in a couple short closed tears to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with minor offsetting and light spots to the endpapers. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.