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Beryl Bainbridge

UK  (1934 - )
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About Beryl Bainbridge
Beryl Bainbridge is one of the greatest living novelists. Author of 17 novels, 2 travel books & 5 plays for stage & tv, she has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize 5 times & has won many literary awards inc. the Whitbread Prize & Author of the Year at the British Book Awards.
 
New and Forthcoming Hardbacks

The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress
The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress

Anthologies edited
 
Non fiction
Scott's Last Expedition: The JournalsEnglish Journey: Or the Road to Milton KeynesScott's Last JourneyFront Row: My Life in the Theatre
 
Awards
The Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1973) : The Dressmaker
The Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1974) : The Bottle Factory Outing
Whitbread Prize Best Novel winner (1977) : Injury Time
The Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1990) : An Awfully Big Adventure
Guardian Fiction Prize Best Novel winner (1996) : Every Man for Himself
Whitbread Prize Best Novel winner (1996) : Every Man for Himself
The Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1996) : Every Man for Himself
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Best Novel winner (1998) : Master Georgie
The Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1998) : Master Georgie


Beryl Bainbridge recommends
Our Father
Our Father (1987)
Bernice Rubens
"It will haunt you."
The Extra Large Medium
The Extra Large Medium (2006)
Helen Slavin
"A very, very good novel. Not a wasted word. Helen Slavin is a highly original talent."
Swimming to Ithaca
Swimming to Ithaca (2006)
Simon Mawer
"Simon Mawer has entered the first rank of British novelists."
Summer Night, Winter Moon
Summer Night, Winter Moon (2007)
Jane Huxley
"This is a thrilling, cleverly constructed story of love distorted by jealously. A fast and compelling read."
With My Little Eye
With My Little Eye (2007)
Francis King
"A writer's writer, his voice is utterly convincing."
Bones in the Belfry
Bones in the Belfry (2008)
(Francis Oughterard, book 2)
Suzette Hill
"I think this is tremendous."



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