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1thorold
I'm sure there ought to be lots of books set in Manchester, especially in the 19th century (greatest industrial city in the world, Cottonopolis, etc...), but I can't think of very many. Mrs Gaskell's North and South and Mary Barton, of course, but that doesn't say much about Manchester specifically.
Offhand, the only modern literary novelist I can think of with Mancunian roots is Anthony Burgess, and even he didn't write much about the place other than in the first part of his autobiography, Little Wilson and big god.
I have got one novel by Tony Warren on my shelves - he's best-known as the creator of the interminable television soap opera "Coronation Street". Behind closed doors (touchstone not working) definitely isn't great literature, but it does give a good impression of the life of the Manchester gay community in the days before it became fashionable and legal, with lots of local landmarks.
Offhand, the only modern literary novelist I can think of with Mancunian roots is Anthony Burgess, and even he didn't write much about the place other than in the first part of his autobiography, Little Wilson and big god.
I have got one novel by Tony Warren on my shelves - he's best-known as the creator of the interminable television soap opera "Coronation Street". Behind closed doors (touchstone not working) definitely isn't great literature, but it does give a good impression of the life of the Manchester gay community in the days before it became fashionable and legal, with lots of local landmarks.
2Ardashir
Crime novels might be a good bet for this kind of thing - Val McDermid's novels are often set in Manchester.
It also seems that Jeff Noon sets his books there.
Which reminds me, of course, of the TV show Life On Mars. That is set in Manchester as well, right?
It also seems that Jeff Noon sets his books there.
Which reminds me, of course, of the TV show Life On Mars. That is set in Manchester as well, right?
4PossMan
Just recently read an old copy of The Classic Slum bought at Oxfam. A bit of a cheat as it's actually about Salford but for all practical purposes Salford is part of Manchester. The author grew up there in the early 1900s and I expect much of what he describes would apply to the Lancashire cotton mill towns where I was brought up a few decades later. A previous owner has underlined many passages ughh.