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Alan Hackney's first novel, Private's Progress tells the story of the hapless Stanley Windrush. Called up in 1942 after his first year at Oxford, and despite his best efforts to avoid any kind of work or action, Stanley wanders from one mishap to the next, causing mayhem and meeting a host of unscrupulous characters along the way. First published in 1954, Private's Progress was later made into a Boulting Brothers' film of the same name, and is the prequel to I'm All Right Jack, also published by Faber Finds.
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Alan Hackney (1924-2009) wrote over thirty screenplays and numerous television scripts, and wrote for Punch for many years. He was best known for the films that were based upon his two novels, Private's Progress and I'm All Right Jack (first published as Private Life). The screenplay of I'm All Right Jack won him a Bafta award in 1959.
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- PublisherFaber and Faber
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0571282571
- ISBN 13 9780571282579
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages224
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