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Beryl Bainbridge: Love by All Sorts of Means: A Biography
Brendan King
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Description for Beryl Bainbridge: Love by All Sorts of Means: A Biography
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, 2x8pp B&W plate sections. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Dame Beryl Bainbridge was one of the most popular and recognisable English novelists of her generation. She was shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, and her critically acclaimed novels The Dressmaker (1973), The Bottle Factory Outing (1974), An Awfully Big Adventure (1990), Every Man For Himself (1996) and Master Georgie (1998), confirmed her status as one of the major literary figures of the past fifty years. A unique voice in fiction, and unforgettable in person, Beryl Bainbridge was famous for her gregarious drinking habits and her unconventional lifestyle. Yet underneath the public image of a quirky ... Read more
Dame Beryl Bainbridge was one of the most popular and recognisable English novelists of her generation. She was shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, and her critically acclaimed novels The Dressmaker (1973), The Bottle Factory Outing (1974), An Awfully Big Adventure (1990), Every Man For Himself (1996) and Master Georgie (1998), confirmed her status as one of the major literary figures of the past fifty years. A unique voice in fiction, and unforgettable in person, Beryl Bainbridge was famous for her gregarious drinking habits and her unconventional lifestyle. Yet underneath the public image of a quirky ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472947338
SKU
V9781472947338
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Ref
99-10
About Brendan King
Brendan King is an author, editor and translator. Between 1987 and 2010 he worked for the novelist Beryl Bainbridge, and helped prepare her final novel The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress for publication after her death.
Reviews for Beryl Bainbridge: Love by All Sorts of Means: A Biography
Beryl Bainbridge: Love By All Sorts of Means by Brendan King completely gripped me. It made me intensely nostalgic for a time when literary life consisted mainly of drinking and f
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Linda Grant
Guardian Books of the Year 2016
A first rate biography ... King gets the tone absolutely right
Evening Standard
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Linda Grant
Guardian Books of the Year 2016
A first rate biography ... King gets the tone absolutely right
Evening Standard
[A] superb ... Read more