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Up the Junction

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Up the Junction
First edition
AuthorNell Dunn
IllustratorSusan Benson
LanguageEnglish
PublisherMacGibbon & Kee
Publication date
1963
Publication placeUK
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages110 pp (Hardcover edition) & 112 pp (paperback edition)
OCLC17230966

Up the Junction is a 1963 collection of short stories by Nell Dunn that depicts contemporary life in the industrial slums of Battersea and Clapham Junction.[1]

The book uses colloquial speech, and its portrayal of petty thieving, sexual encounters, births, deaths and back-street abortion provided a view of life that was previously unrecognised by many people. The book won the 1963 John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize.

Adaptations

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In 1965 it was adapted for television by the BBC as part of The Wednesday Play anthology series directed by Ken Loach.[2]

A cinema film version followed in 1968 with a soundtrack by Manfred Mann.[3]

The television version of the play was the inspiration for the 1979 Squeeze hit "Up the Junction".[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Paperback review: Up the Junction, By Neil Dunn". The Independent. 31 August 2013.
  2. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Up the Junction (1965)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  3. ^ Adler, Renata (14 March 1968). "Screen: Suzy Kendall Seeks the Sweet Life in a Candy Factory:' Up the Junction' Treats Blue-Collar Britain New Movies Paired at Neighborhood Houses". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "- YouTube". YouTube.
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