The Death of William Posters

The Death of William Posters
	First edition
Author	Alan Sillitoe
Language	English
Genre	Drama
Publisher	W. H. Allen & Co.
Publication date	1965
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print

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The Death of William Posters is a 1965 novel by the British writer Alan Sillitoe. It is the first in a trilogy featuring the Nottingham factory worker Frank Dawley, followed by A Tree on Fire (1967) and The Flame of Life (1974).^[1]

References

↑ Hanson p.44-45

Bibliography

Gillian Mary Hanson. Understanding Alan Sillitoe. University of South Carolina Press, 1999

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[1] Hanson p.44-45

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v t e Alan Sillitoe
Novels	Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1958) The General (1960) Key to the Door (1961) The Death of William Posters (1965) A Start in Life (1970) The Widower's Son (1976) The Open Door (1989)
Short fiction	The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (1959) "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner"
Screenplays	Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) Counterpoint (1968) The Ragman's Daughter (1972)
Related	Ruth Fainlight