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Mum and Mr. Armitage

(1985)
Selected Stories of Beryl Bainbridge
A collection of stories by

 
 
Michiko Kakutani - The New York Times
. . .most of the author's characters live blankly with a vague cloud of menace hovering over their heads. A similar mood and landscape can be found in the stories of this collection. . . .bleak settings are meant to mirror the emotional emptiness of the characters' lives. . . .Reading these stories, it's clear that Ms. Bainbridge has a dry, dark-humored wit as well as a sharp eye for incongruous details.

Michiko Kakutani
. . .most of the author's characters live blankly with a vague cloud of menace hovering over their heads. A similar mood and landscape can be found in the stories of this collection. . . .bleak settings are meant to mirror the emotional emptiness of the characters' lives. . . .Reading these stories, it's clear that Ms. Bainbridge has a dry, dark-humored wit as well as a sharp eye for incongruous details. -- The New York Times




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