They separated in the early 1980s with Wood moving to Shropshire with her two youngest children. He died from a gastric haemorrhage in 1986 at the age of 64. Select bibliography Fiction Room at the Top (1957) Reissued in 2013 by Valancourt Books The Vodi (1959) Reissued in 2013 by Valancourt Books Life at the Top (1962) Reissued in 2015 by Valancourt Books The Jealous God (1964) The Crying Game (1968) (not related to the 1992 film of the same title) Stay with Me Till Morning (1970) (U.S. title: "The View from Tower Hill") The Queen of a Distant Country (1972) The Pious Agent (1975) Waiting for Sheila (1976) Finger of Fire (1977) One and Last Love (1981) The Two of Us (1984) These Golden Days (1985) Man at the Top (Thames Television, 1970–1): five scripts for the first series of this drama based on Braine's character Joe Lampton Non-fiction A Personal Record (Monday Club, 1968) Writing a Novel (1974) J.B. Priestley (1978) References External links John Braine – bibliography of first editions John Braine archival collection at 1922 births 1986 deaths Writers from Bradford People from Bingley People from Woking People educated at St. Bede's Grammar School Booker authors' division 20th-century English novelists English male novelists 20th-century English male writers