The Lights of Manchester
1st Edition
Published on 31. December 2011
784 pages
978-1-4481-3460-1 (ISBN)
Description
From the creator of Coronation Street comes a classic love story
Tony Warren, the man who invented Elsie Tanner and Ena Sharples now introduces a whole new gallery of unforgettable characters in a stunning debut novel.
It is a story - spanning forty years - of a woman, and of a city. It is the story of Sorrel Starkey, destined to become one of the greatest television stars, fated to rise to the heights of fame and fortune, and to do battle with sorrow and humiliation.
It is a story of joy, of hope and of human fallibility. Above all it is a love story you will never forget.
Tony Warren, the man who invented Elsie Tanner and Ena Sharples now introduces a whole new gallery of unforgettable characters in a stunning debut novel.
It is a story - spanning forty years - of a woman, and of a city. It is the story of Sorrel Starkey, destined to become one of the greatest television stars, fated to rise to the heights of fame and fortune, and to do battle with sorrow and humiliation.
It is a story of joy, of hope and of human fallibility. Above all it is a love story you will never forget.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cornerstone
File size
0,78 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4481-3460-1 (9781448134601)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Tony Warren
The Lights of Manchester
Book
11/1992
Arrow Books Ltd
€26.19
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Persons
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.
