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(Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge, DBE was an English novelist. Bainbridge won the Whitbread Awards prize for best novel in 1977 and 1996; she was nominated five times for the Booker Prize. She was described in 2007 as "a national treasure". In 2008, The Times newspaper named Bainbridge among their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Genres: Literary Fiction
Novels
A Weekend with Claude (1967)
Another Part of the Wood (1968)
Harriet Said (1972)
The Dressmaker (1973)
The Secret Glass (1974)
The Bottle Factory Outing (1974)
Sweet William (1975)
A Quiet Life (1976)
Injury Time (1977)
Young Adolf (1978)
Winter Garden (1980)
Watson's Apology (1984)
Filthy lucre (1986)
Forever England (1987)
An Awfully Big Adventure (1989)
The Birthday Boys (1991)
The Dolphin Connection (1991)
Something Happened Yesterday (1993)
Every Man for Himself (1996)
Master Georgie (1998)
According to Queeney (1999)
The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress (2011)
Another Part of the Wood (1968)
Harriet Said (1972)
The Dressmaker (1973)
The Secret Glass (1974)
The Bottle Factory Outing (1974)
Sweet William (1975)
A Quiet Life (1976)
Injury Time (1977)
Young Adolf (1978)
Winter Garden (1980)
Watson's Apology (1984)
Filthy lucre (1986)
Forever England (1987)
An Awfully Big Adventure (1989)
The Birthday Boys (1991)
The Dolphin Connection (1991)
Something Happened Yesterday (1993)
Every Man for Himself (1996)
Master Georgie (1998)
According to Queeney (1999)
The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress (2011)
Omnibus
Collections
Watson's Apology, Mum and Mr. Armitage (1985)
Mum and Mr. Armitage (1985)
Collected stories (1988)
Ox-Tales:Air (2009) (with Diran Adebayo, Helen Fielding, A L Kennedy, Alexander McCall Smith, D B C Pierre, Vikram Seth, Kamila Shamsie, Helen Simpson and Louise Welsh)
Mum and Mr. Armitage (1985)
Collected stories (1988)
Ox-Tales:Air (2009) (with Diran Adebayo, Helen Fielding, A L Kennedy, Alexander McCall Smith, D B C Pierre, Vikram Seth, Kamila Shamsie, Helen Simpson and Louise Welsh)
Novellas
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Awards
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Books about Beryl Bainbridge
Beryl Bainbridge recommends
The Extra Large Medium (2006)
Helen Slavin
"A very, very good novel. Not a wasted word. Helen Slavin is a highly original talent."
Summer Night, Winter Moon (2007)
Jane Huxley
"This is a thrilling, cleverly constructed story of love distorted by jealously. A fast and compelling read."
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