Andy Beckett

Praise for The Searchers

An absorbing history of Labour’s radical left

Jason Cowley, The Guardian

A breath of fresh air: a vivid eye for detail meets narrative pacing that seems effortless... As a character study, and as an evocation of Britain in the last century, it would be worth reading even if you ha ...

Morgan Jones, LabourList

At times, [Beckett's] evocation of the 1980s is so vivid that one can almost hear Joy Division’s ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ playing in the background as one turns the pages

Literary Review

An absorbing history of Labour’s radical left

Jason Cowley, The Guardian

A breath of fresh air: a vivid eye for detail meets narrative pacing that seems effortless... As a character study, and as an evocation of Britain in the last century, it would be worth reading even if you ha ...

Morgan Jones, LabourList

At times, [Beckett's] evocation of the 1980s is so vivid that one can almost hear Joy Division’s ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ playing in the background as one turns the pages

Literary Review

An absorbing history of Labour’s radical left

Jason Cowley, The Guardian

A breath of fresh air: a vivid eye for detail meets narrative pacing that seems effortless... As a character study, and as an evocation of Britain in the last century, it would be worth reading even if you ha ...

Morgan Jones, LabourList

At times, [Beckett's] evocation of the 1980s is so vivid that one can almost hear Joy Division’s ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ playing in the background as one turns the pages

Literary Review

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