Crossing The Lines

Longlisted for the Booker Prize

By: Melvyn Bragg

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Paperback | 7 June 2004 | Edition Number 1

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496 Pages

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3.4 x 12.5 x 19.7

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE
THE THIRD NOVEL IN 'ONE OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED LITERARY SERIES IN RECENT TIMES' (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)

'An enormously important piece of literature'

Guardian

'Richly detailed and extraordinarily poignant'

Sunday Telegraph

'Expertly told . . . a continuation of a monumental series'

The Times

Set in Britain during the 1950s, this moving and evocative novel follows the intertwined fates of people crossing boundaries in their lives.

As a teenager in the small northern town of Wigton, Joe Richardson falls in love with Rachel just as her life is about to be uprooted. While his parents, Sam and Ellen, face the frontiers of middle age, Joe finds himself drawn to the intoxicating world beyond home and swept into situations that seem beyond his control.

Vividly conveying the spirit of the mid-century and the profound social changes taking place across Britain, this is a masterly successor to the award-winning The Soldier's Return and A Son of War.

Industry Reviews

An expertly told tale which is satisfying in its own right and as a continuation of a monumental series. - Frank Egerton, The Times

Enthralling, a joy to read ... immensely satisfying, written with honesty and imagination ... [it] enriches the reader's life. - Allan Massie, Scotsman

I was bowled over by it ... an enormously important piece of literature about post-war Britain. - A.C. Grayling, Guardian

Richly detailed and extraordinarily poignant ... Melvyn Bragg is slowly cementing his place among the aristocrats of English fiction. - David Robson, Sunday Telegraph

Sharp yet tender, it is an astonishingly confident, slowly unreeled account - Rosemary Goring, Glasgow Herald

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