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Red-Button Men: Red-Button Years: Volume 3
by Ken Fuller
Independently published, £12.99
LIKE its predecessor novels, the last of Ken Fuller’s Red-Button trilogy really shouldn’t work as well as it does.
Once again, here is a novel dominated by lengthy and detailed accounts of political leftist debates and precise reconstructions of militant trade union machinations in the face of both employer and in-house opposition from both right-wing and ultra-leftist factions alike.
Yet, as before, Fuller has produced a breathtakingly fascinating novel that entertains and informs the reader in equal measure.
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