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Helen Mannion
Helen Mannion is a social historian specialising in the latter half of the 20th century in Britain. Born in 1950, she had first-hand experience of the social turmoil created post-1...view moreHelen Mannion is a social historian specialising in the latter half of the 20th century in Britain. Born in 1950, she had first-hand experience of the social turmoil created post-1968 by the growth of the Permissive Society. In this novel, she juxtaposes the post-World War II social fabric and the massive upheaval of the 1968 student revolution and its consequences throughout Europe. The “all rights, no responsibilities” libertine excesses of the 1970s were deplored by an inundated, uncomprehending 1950s mentality society which saw the unstoppable advance of a tsunami of moral depravity. All this is set in the context of a bankrupt UK and the world living in fear of thermo-nuclear extinction of all life on the planet.
Helen Mannion is a contemporary of author John Trethewey. They have been close friends for over fifty years, ever since they sat side by side in their village primary school. With her friend’s permission, Helen Mannion has incorporated some characters from her friend’s novels in “The Human Barnacle”.view less