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No Love for Johnnie by Wilfred Fienburgh, was first published in 1959 by Hutchinson Heinemann. Essentially a political novel, it tells the story of the life of Johnny Byrne, described as a cynical and burnt-out politician whose career has ostensibly stalled due to his leftist leanings in a conservative Labour government.
- Wilfred Fienburgh
- 1959
No Love For Johnnie by Wilfred Fienburgh. Fienburgh’s book is written by an insider, is very well written and a stand-alone novel. It captures very well that sense of apathy in politics, a lack of enthusiasm for politics.
This story of Johnnie Byrne, M.P., with its conflicting love-affairs and ambitions, is not notable only as a study of a weak and passionate human being. It can also claim to be the most important and controversial political novel of the post-war era.
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No Love for Johnnie by Wilfred Fienburgh, was first published in 1959 by Hutchinson. Essentially a political novel it deals with the life of Johnny Byrne, a cynical and burnt-out politician whose career has ostensibly stalled due to his leftist leanings in a conservative Labour government.
Written by an M. P. whose knowledgeability of English politics — and politicians, informs it, this is no mincing, leisurely treatment but an unsparing handling of a public man, his professional and private life, carried by a speeding sense of intrigue and cumulative disintegration.... with no — and never — any love from anyone.
No Love for Johnnie Hardcover – January 1, 1959. by Wilfred Fienburgh (Author) 4.7 4 ratings. See all formats and editions. When Wilfred Feinburgh died after a car accident at the age of thirty-eight he was already widely known as an M.P. of high promise and as a brilliant light essayist.
- Wilfred Fienburgh
No Love for Johnnie is a 1961 British drama film in CinemaScope directed by Ralph Thomas. It is based on the 1959 book of the same title by the Labour Member of Parliament Wilfred Fienburgh , and stars Peter Finch .
