Beryl Bainbridge
Beryl Bainbridge is one of the greatest living novelists. Author of seventeen novels, two travel books and five plays for stage and television, she has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, and has won many literary awards including the Whitbread Prize and the Author of the Year Award at the British Book Awards.
Beryl Bainbridge is one of the greatest living novelists. Author of seventeen novels, two travel books and five plays for stage and television, she has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, and has won many literary awards including the Whitbread Prize and the Author of the Year Award at the British Book Awards. See less
Beryl Bainbridge's Featured Books
Beryl Bainbridge book reviews
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According to Queeney
A women's eye view of the 18th century
by Ros, Dec 13, 2017
This historical novel about Dr Samuel Johnson is written from the point of view of the women in his life, with imagination and sympathy. It covers a long period from the 1760s to the 1800s when some ... Read More
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The Dressmaker
Didn't care for the book
The book arrived in good condition and in good time.
I didn't quite finish it because I thought it was very depressing. I actually thought it was a mystery story but it wasn't. Read More