Bill Broady
The Night-Soil Men
The Night-Soil Men
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The Book of the Day is a novel that explores the origins and development of the Independent Labour Party, spanning four decades and featuring three central characters. It covers socialist foment, activism, the First World War, and the changing landscape of the interwar years, leading to a new politics and the reinvention of Britain.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 480 pages
Publication date: 15 June 2024
Publisher: Salt Publishing
Book of the Day: New Statesman
Broady's monumental work of fiction, which took nearly a decade to write, delves into the origins and evolution of the Independent Labour Party, a working-class political movement founded in Bradford in 1893. The novel intricately details the lives, fortunes, and relationships of three central characters: passionate Fred Jowett, ruthless Philip Snowden (later the Labour Party's first chancellor), and the licentious and unforgettable Victor Grayson. Spanning four decades, the novel encompasses the socialist fervor and activism of fin-de-siècle Britain, the profound impact of the First World War, and the shifting contours of the interwar years, as social change heralded a new politics and the reinvention of Britain, despite fierce resistance from the establishment and its allies.
Throughout this sweeping generational tale, punctuated with sex, comradeship, hustings, art, dialect, and copious points of order, cameos of every prominent socialist of the age add to the excitement, revolutionary spirit, ribald humor, and sheer laugh-out-loud comedy.
Weight: 412g
Dimension: 128 x 198 x 42 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781784633189
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