Beryl Bainbridge

(1932 - 2010)

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

Omnibus

Omnibus (1989)

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)

Novellas

Claire with Fair Hair (2013)

Anthologies edited

New Stories (1981)
Unnatural Causes (1986)
Northern Short Stories Vol 5 (1994) (with David Pownall)

Non fiction

Scott's Last Expedition (1980)
English Journey (1984)
Scott's Last Journey (1999)
Front Row (2005)

Awards

	The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1973) : The Dressmaker
	The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1974) : The Bottle Factory Outing
	Whitbread Prize Best Novel winner (1977) : Injury Time
	The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1990) : An Awfully Big Adventure
	Guardian Fiction Prize Best Novel winner (1996) : Every Man for Himself
	The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1996) : Every Man for Himself
	Whitbread Prize Best Novel winner (1996) : Every Man for Himself
	James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Best Book winner (1998) : Master Georgie
	The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1998) : Master Georgie

Books about Beryl Bainbridge

Understanding Beryl Bainbridge (2008) by Brett Josef Grubisic

Beryl Bainbridge recommends

Nightmare in Berlin (1947)
Hans Fallada
"Fallada is a genius."

Our Father (1987)
Bernice Rubens
"It will haunt you."

The Kalimantaan (1998)
C S Godshalk
"A wonderful story, exceptionally written."

James Miranda Barry (1999)
Patricia Duncker
"Superbly imagined and flamboyantly written."

Swimming to Ithaca (2006)
Simon Mawer
"Simon Mawer has entered the first rank of British novelists."

The Extra Large Medium (2006)
Helen Slavin
"A very, very good novel. Not a wasted word. Helen Slavin is a highly original talent."

With My Little Eye (2007)
Francis King
"A writer's writer, his voice is utterly convincing."

Summer Night, Winter Moon (2007)
Jane Huxley
"This is a thrilling, cleverly constructed story of love distorted by jealously. A fast and compelling read."

Bones in the Belfry (2008)
(Francis Oughterard, book 2)
Suzette Hill
"I think this is tremendous."

Prodigal (2018)
Charles Lambert
"Charles Lambert is a seriously good writer."

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