The Lights of Manchester - Hardcover

Warren, Tony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0712638598 ISBN 13: 9780712638593

Publisher: Century, 1991

Synopsis

Spanning a total of 40 years, this book follows the lives of two people - Sorrel Starkey and Mick Grimshaw - who cannot wait to escape from their childhood background of a suburban Manchester housing estate. The author is the original creator of the TV programme "Coronation Street".

About this title

About the Author:

Tony Warren is a former actor who turned into Britain's youngest scriptwriter. In 1960 he created Coronation Street and wrote all the early episodes. He also devised the film Ferry 'Cross the Mersey. At the end of the 60s he disappeared from the public eye, though the following decade of drink and drug addiction has been well chronicled by the tabloid newspapers. He abandoned these addictions over tean years ago. The Lights of Manchester represents his first piece of major creative writing since his recovery. Nowadays Tony Warren is consultant to Coronation Street and lives in Manchester.

About this edition

• Publisher: Century
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0712638598
• ISBN 13: 9780712638593
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 640