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Beryl Margaret Bainbridge was born in Liverpool's Allerton suburb on 21 November 1932, [5] the daughter of Winifred Baines and Richard Bainbridge. She grew up in the nearby town of Formby . Although she often gave her date of birth as 21 November 1934, she was born in 1932 and her birth was registered in the first quarter of 1933. [ 6 ]
The Bottle Factory Outing is a 1974 novel by English writer Beryl Bainbridge. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize that year, [1] won the Guardian Fiction Prize [2] and is regarded as one of her best. [3] It is also listed as one of the 100 greatest novels of all time by Robert McCrum of The Observer. [4]
The following is a list of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction. The prize has been awarded each year since 1969 to the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations or the Republic of Ireland. In 2014, it was opened for the first time to any work ...
The Dressmaker (US title The Secret Glass) is a gothic psychological novel written by Beryl Bainbridge. In 1973, it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Like many of Bainbridge's earlier works, the novel is semi-autobiographical. In particular, the story was inspired by a relationship that she had with a soldier as a teenager.
Beryl Bainbridge: Every Man for Himself: A.B. Yehoshua: Open Heart: Tomás Eloy Martínez: Santa Evita: Andrea Barrett: Ship Fever and Other Stories: Pat Barker: The Ghost Road: R.C. Binstock: Tree of Heaven: 1997 James Carlos Blake: In the Rogue Blood: Winner [18] Louis B. Jones: California's Over: Finalist [18] Seamus Deane: Reading in the ...
An Awfully Big Adventure is a novel written by Beryl Bainbridge.It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1990 [1] and adapted as a movie in 1995. The story was inspired by Bainbridge's own experiences working at the Liverpool Playhouse in her youth. [2]
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Master Georgie is a 1998 historical novel by English novelist Beryl Bainbridge.It deals with the British experience of the Crimean War [1] through the adventures of the eponymous central character George Hardy, who volunteers to work on the battlefields.