V.

Tony Harrison's v. was written during the Miners' Strike of 1984-85 when he visited his parents' grave in a Leeds cemetery and found it vandalised by obscene graffiti. Channel Four's film of v. won the Royal Television Society's Best Original Programme Award and prompted extreme political and media reaction documented in the book's second edition.

Summary

Tony Harrison's v. was written during the Miners' Strike of 1984-85 when he visited his parents' grave in a Leeds cemetery and found it vandalised by obscene graffiti. Channel Four’s film of v. won the Royal Television Society’s Best Original Programme Award and prompted extreme political and media reaction documented in the book's second edition.

Product details

• Authors: Tony Harrison
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.05.1989
• EAN: 9780906427972
• ISBN: 978-0-906427-97-2
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 156 g
• Illustrations: 7 Halftones, black and white
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies