1st Edition
The Anti-Fascist Novel in Britain 1923–2023 12 Authors Take Sides
Introduction: Anti-fascist Fiction?
1. Fascism Before the Fascist Party: Point Counter-Point
2. Against Misogyny: Swastika Night
3. All us Working Folks: October Day
4. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Leader and Led
5. Bobbies against the Beast: SS-GB
6. Democracy as Hard Talking: The Remains of the Day
7. The Buddha of Suburbia: The Artists are our Allies
8. Fascism in a War of Position: Heartland
9. Ogling the Enemy: Children of the Sun
10. The Necessity and Limits of Taking Sides: A World Between Us
11. Investigative Anti-fascism: Ridley Road
12. Not Fire or Fury but Tedium: After the Party
Conclusion: The Rules of the Anti-fascist Novel
Appendix: 100 Anti-fascist Novels Published in Britain 1923–2023
Biography
D. K. Renton is a British historian and barrister. His other books include Horatio Bottomley and the Far Right Before Fascism (Routledge, 2023), Labour’s Antisemitism Crisis: What the Left Got Wrong and How to Learn From It (Routledge, 2022), No Free Speech for Fascists: Exploring ‘No Platform’ in History, Law and Politics (Routledge, 2021) and Never Again: Rock Against Racism and the Anti‑Nazi League 1976–1982 (Routledge, 2019).
