A Kind of Loving
novel by Barstow
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"A Kind of Loving" is a 1960 novel by Stan Barstow that offers an unsentimental portrayal of working-class life. The story frankly examines a working-class man trapped in an unhappy marriage. Barstow was part of the "Angry Young Men" literary movement of the 1950s and 1960s, known for their socially conscious works that depicted the realities of working-class existence and challenged the class-conscious British social order. The novel was adapted into a successful film in 1962 and a stage play in 1970.12
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