No Love for Johnnie is a political novel by British politician Wilfred Fienburgh, first published in 1959 by Hutchinson Heinemann.
[1][2] The novel tells the story of Johnny Byrne, a cynical and burnt-out politician whose career has stalled due to his leftist leanings in a conservative Labour government.
The narrative allows the reader to examine the internal conflicts that Johnnie Byrne negotiates as he attempts to find some merit in his desultory existence.
His neighbour, Mary and the young woman, Pauline illuminate Byrne's darker aspects.
As a piece of literature, it may be considered light weight but re-readings will reveal a tight structure and a credible analysis of the way powerful individuals, the makers of social change, are paradoxically vulnerable ciphers in a world where they too may be ill-served by cupidity.