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Born in Bradford , Yorkshire , Braine left Grammar School at 16 and worked in a shop, a laboratory and a factory before becoming, after the war, a Librarian . Although he wrote twelve works of fiction, Braine is chiefly remembered today for his first Novel , '' Room At The Top '' ( 1957 ), which was also turned into a successful movie ( 1959 ). Braine is usually associated with the Angry Young Men movement. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY Fiction
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House of Stratus have recently republished some of Braine's novels. EXTERNAL LINKS
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