{"product_id":"chapters-of-accidents-colin-holmes-9781803710297","title":"Chapters of Accidents: A Writer's Memoir","description":"'We have waited a long time for this war's \u003ci\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front, \u003c\/i\u003e' wrote the critic V.S. Pritchett. 'Here It is.' He was reviewing the 1948 novel\u003ci\u003e From the City From the Plough\u003c\/i\u003e by Alexander Baron (1917-1999). With its success, Baron became a full-time writer. His best-known later novels include\u003ci\u003e The Human Kind\u003c\/i\u003e (1953), \u003ci\u003eThe Lowlife \u003c\/i\u003e(1963), and\u003ci\u003e King Dido\u003c\/i\u003e (1969). Between the 1950s and 1980s he also wrote many film and television scripts. Here Baron recounts the experiences of his childhood and youth that shaped him as a writer and provided subject matter for his novels. He evokes the sights, sounds, and aromas surrounding him growing up in a Jewish family in Hackney, East London, in the 1920s. Later, aware of the rising fascist threat, Baron was drawn to left-wing politics, becoming a leader of Labour's youth organisation. Although not formally a member, he also worked secretly for the Communist Party as an organiser and propagandist. With World War Two his life changed again. A keen solider, he fought with the Pioneer Corps in Sicily, Italy, and northern France. After a hard transition to post-war life, he worked at Unity Theatre in London while writing his breakthrough novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colin Holmes, Alexander Baron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1803710292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803710297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vallentine Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 5.91w x 0.71d","brand":"Colin Holmes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44790270722303,"sku":"9781803710297","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b66fa6ad-e0d9-4954-bf00-29c63197f21f.jpg?v=1707288449","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chapters-of-accidents-colin-holmes-9781803710297","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}