Up the Junction

For other uses, see Up the Junction (disambiguation).

Up the Junction

First edition
Author	Nell Dunn
Illustrator	Susan Benson
Language	English
Publisher	MacGibbon & Kee
Publication date	1963
Publication place	UK
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages	110 pp (Hardcover edition) & 112 pp (paperback edition)
OCLC	17230966

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

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

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.

External links

• Nell Dunn (2000). Up the Junction. Basic Books. ISBN 978-1-58243-066-9.