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".
Novels
A Weekend with Claude (1967)
Another Part of the Wood (1968)
Harriet Said (1973)
The Secret Glass (1974)
The Bottle Factory Outing (1974)
The Dressmaker (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 (1973)
The Secret Glass (1974)
The Bottle Factory Outing (1974)
The Dressmaker (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
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." |
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