Donnelly, Desmond
Entry updated 16 January 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1920-1974) Indian-born politician, journalist and author, in the UK from 1928, Labour MP from 1950 until he resigned the Whip in 1968, having becoming increasingly right-wing in his views (he opposed the welfare state and advocated flogging). In his Near Future sf novel, The Nearing Storm (1968), the military is forced to take over Britain. Donnelly committed Suicide at Heathrow. [JC]
Desmond Louis Donnelly
born Gohaingaon, Assam, India: 16 October 1920
died Heathrow Airport, near London: 4 April 1974
works
- The Nearing Storm (London: Hutchinson, 1968) [hb/]
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