DAN ATKINSON on a book of snapshots of Swinging London, from Guards bands to porn shops. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Rear-view review
Rear-view review: The Tumbled House
DAN ATKINSON finds sex, plagiarism and libel in a 1959 novel by Winston Graham. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Charlie
Nigel Williams’s 1984 thriller involving trade unions, nationalised car manufacturers, far left politics – it’s a classic of its era, concludes DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading
Rear-view review: The Day the Queen Flew to Scotland for the Grouse Shooting
It’s 1968 and England is in a state of civil war. DAN ATKINSON investigates. Continue reading
Rear-view review: The Ipcress File
DAN ATKINSON revisits Len Deighton’s first novel from 1962. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
DAN ATKINSON revisits ‘the most brilliant spy novel of our time’. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Life in the West
Melvyn Bragg meets Max Hastings in a 1980 novel, as DAN ATKINSON looks on. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Second Spring
DAN ATKINSON on a novel haunted by memories of the war. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Red Crystal
DAN ATKINSON on Clare Francis’s fictionalized version of the Angry Brigade. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Moonraker
DAN ATKINSON revisits the James Bond of the mid-1950s. Continue reading
Rear-view review: Sir, You Bastard
Some coppers are bent – but they still investigate burglaries. It can only be the 1970s, says DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading
Rear-view review: The Crying Game
DAN ATKINSON reads John Braine’s vision of a future Britain, written 50 years ago. Continue reading
Lion & Unicorn 