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Birthday Boys
Beryl Bainbridge
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Description for Birthday Boys
Paperback. * A Bainbridge classic comes into Abacus paperback for the first time Num Pages: 192 pages, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
A brilliantly realized evocation of the thoughts and voices of Captain Scott and the four men with him, who suffered extraordinary hardships before finally dying during their 1912 attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole.
'A whole lost era of fantastic courage, determination, idealism, curiosity, boyish foolishness and class mores is brought brilliantly and touchingly back by Bainbridge's penetrating psychological acumen and her superb scene and action painting...A masterly achievement, not to be missed by anyone who cherishes a strong, meaningful story beautifully told' Publishers Weekly
The Birthday Boys is one of Beryl Bainbridge's most ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349121567
SKU
V9780349121567
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Beryl Bainbridge
Beryl Bainbridge wrote seventeen novels, two travel books and five plays for stage and television, she was shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, and won literary awards including the Whitbread Prize and the Author of the Year Award at the British Book Awards. She died in July 2010.
Reviews for Birthday Boys
Bainbridge's account of the horribly familiar story is both fresh and sure-footed. The power of her imagination, her clarity of expression and mastery of language are more striking than anything else I have read this year
Jane Shillling
Sunday Telegraph
A beautiful piece of story-telling. Far more accurately than any biography could do, it catches what must ... Read more
Jane Shillling
Sunday Telegraph
A beautiful piece of story-telling. Far more accurately than any biography could do, it catches what must ... Read more