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Colin MacInnes

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born

August 20, 1914 in London, The United Kingdom

died

April 22, 1976

gender

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MacInnes was born in London, the son of singer James Campbell MacInnes and novelist Angela Thirkell, and was educated in Australia. He served in the British intelligence corps during World War II.

He was the author of a number of books depicting London youth and black immigrant culture during the 1950s, in particular City of Spades (1957), Absolute Beginners (1959) and Mr. Love and Justice (1960).

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Books by Colin MacInnes

Average rating: 3.84 · 342 ratings · 56 reviews · 19 distinct works

	Absolute Beginners 3.81 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 1959 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The London Novels 4.18 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1969 — 2 editions	My rating:
	City of Spades 3.73 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1957 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Mr Love And Justice 3.59 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1966 — 7 editions	My rating:
	England, Half English: A Polyphoto of the Fifties 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1961	My rating:
	Three Years To Play 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1970 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Sweet Saturday night 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1967 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Principiantes by Colin MacInnes, Baldomer Porta (Translator) 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1959	My rating:
	All Day Saturday 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1966 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Australia and New Zealand 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1964	My rating:

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Quotes by Colin MacInnes

“The word 'free-lance', I used to think, had a romantic ring; but sadly discovered, when I tried to be one, that its practice has little freedom, and the lance is a sorry weapon to tilt at literary windmills.”
― Colin MacInnes, The Colin Mac Innes Omnibus: City Of Spades, Absolute Beginners, Mr Love And Justice

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