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    • Amy Levy: Reuben Sachs
    • Margaret Harkness: Out of Work
    • Margaret Harkness: In Darkest London
    • Julia Frankau: A Babe in Bohemia
    • George Gissing: The Nether World
    • Arthur Conan Doyle: The Sign of Four
    • George Gissing: New Grub Street
    • H.W. Nevinson: Neighbours of Ours
    • Arthur Morrison: A Child of the Jago
    • William Pett Ridge: Mord Em'ly
    • M.P. Shiel: The Yellow Danger
    • Arthur Morrison: To London Town
  • 1900-1950
    • Joseph Conrad: The Secret Agent
    • A. Neil Lyons: Arthur's
    • Thomas Burke: Limehouse Nights
    • Dorothy Richardson: The Tunnel
    • Arnold Bennett: Riceyman Steps
    • Virginia Woolf: Mrs Dalloway
    • Christopher Isherwood: All the Conspirators
    • Lao She: Mr Ma and Son
    • Patrick Hamilton: The Midnight Bell
    • Jean Rhys: After Leaving Mr Mackenzie
    • A.P. Herbert: The Water Gipsies
    • Pamela Hansford Johnson: This Bed Thy Centre
    • James Curtis: The Gilt Kid
    • Virginia Woolf: The Years
    • Samuel Beckett: Murphy
    • Sajjad Zaheer: A Night in London
    • John Sommerfield: Trouble in Porter Street
    • Patrick Hamilton: Hangover Square
    • Graham Greene: The Ministry of Fear
    • Louis-Ferdinand Celine: Guignol's Band I & II
    • Norman Collins: London Belongs to Me
    • Elizabeth Bowen: The Heat of the Day
    • George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four
    • Rose Macaulay: The World My Wilderness
  • 1950-1970
    • Graham Greene: The End of the Affair
    • Alexander Baron: Rosie Hogarth
    • Samuel Selvon: The Lonely Londoners
    • Gerald Kersh: Fowlers End
    • Colin MacInnes: City of Spades
    • Kevin FitzGerald: Trouble in West Two
    • Colin MacInnes: Absolute Beginners
    • E.R. Braithwaite: To Sir, with Love
    • Lynne Reid Banks: The L-Shaped Room
    • Colin MacInnes: Mr Love and Justice
    • Colin Wilson: Ritual in the Dark
    • Colin Wilson: Adrift in Soho
    • Terry Taylor: Baron's Court, All Change
    • Laura Del-Rivo: The Furnished Room
    • Robert Poole: London E1
    • Len Deighton: The Ipcress File
    • Alexander Baron: The Lowlife
    • B.S. Johnson: Albert Angelo
    • Waguih Ghali: Beer in the Snooker Club
    • Anthony Cronin: The Life of Riley
  • 1970 on
    • Kamala Markandaya: The Nowhere Man
    • Lionel Davidson: The Chelsea Murders
    • J.M. O'Neill: Duffy is Dead
    • Martin Amis: London Fields
    • Hanif Kureishi: The Buddha of Suburbia
    • Nigel Williams: The Wimbledon Poisoner
    • Peter Ackroyd: The Plato Papers
    • Monica Ali: Brick Lane
    • Naomi Alderman: Disobedience
    • Xiaolu Guo: A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
    • Jonathan Kemp: London Triptych
    • Martin Amis: Lionel Asbo
    • Zadie Smith: NW
    • Paula Hawkins: The Girl on the Train
    • Natasha Pulley: The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
    • Kamila Shamsie: Home Fire
    • Michele Roberts: The Walworth Beauty
    • Balli Kaur Jaswal: Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
    • Claire North: 84K
    • Tony White: The Fountain in the Forest
    • Vesna Goldsworthy: Monsieur Ka
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London Fictions: 1950 - 1970


Great London novels over these thirty years, among them:


.     Graham Greene, The End of the Affair, 1951 - posted

·     Alexander Baron, Rosie Hogarth, 1951 - posted

·     Margery Allingham, The Tiger in the Smoke, 1952

·     Samuel Selvon, The Lonely Londoners, 1956 - posted

.     Gerald Kersh, Fowlers End, 1957 - posted

·     Colin Macinnes, City of Spades, 1957 - posted

.    Kevin FitzGerald, Trouble in West Two, 1958 - posted

·      Colin Macinnes, Absolute Beginners, 1959 - posted

.      E.R. Braithwaite, To Sir, with Love, 1959 - posted

·     Lynne Reid Banks, The L-Shaped Room, 1960 - posted

.     Colin MacInnes, Mr Love and Justice, 1960, posted

.     Colin Wilson, Ritual in the Dark, 1960 - posted

.      Colin Wilson, Adrift in Soho, 1961 - posted

.     Terry Taylor, Baron's Court, All Change, 1961 - posted

.      Laura Del-Rivo, The Furnished Room, 1961 - posted

.      Robert Poole, London E1, 1961 - posted

.     Len Deighton, The Ipcress File, 1962 - posted

·      Alexander Baron, The Lowlife, 1963 - posted

·      Nell Dunn, Up the Junction, 1963

.    B.S. Johnson, Albert Angelo, 1964 - posted

·     Waguih Ghali, Beer in the Snooker Club, 1964 - posted

.      Anthony Cronin, The Life of Riley, 1964 - posted