The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge
* This wonderful novel showing Beryl Bainbridge at her darkly comic best - out for the first time as an Abacus paperback
This is a superb novel It is taut in construction, expansive in characterization, vibrant in atmosphere and profoundly comic * The Times *
The masterful restraint of Beryl Bainbridge's sentences reveals an author in complete control of her artistry, while the book itself displays unexpected political aptness...It is, in short, superb prose. There are perhaps few sentences that stand out as individual gems. But there are also few writers who offer more control and delight line-by-line -- Sam Jordison * Guardian *
After turning the final page of The Bottle Factory Outing, one can only gasp, and grope for the right word...Such an atmosphere of impending doom has not been created since Brighton Rock - except that Beryl Bainbridge is mercilessly comic instead of being mercilessly vicious. Specialising in successive denouements, and with her gift for collecting the most amazing detail, she is so in control of her marvellous little story that one hangs on her words from first to last. What originality, what pleasure * Sunday Times *
Two very complex, funny female characters... They need each other although they would never admit it * Maxine Peake *
An outrageously funny and horrifying novel * Graham Greene *
How well Bainbridge uses both recognizable and even common circumstances and, this time, outright humor as shock absorbers... She's a considerable writer - sharp and knowing * Kirkus *
Bainbridge's barbed wit is underpinned by poignant failed dreams... This is a winner by any measure * Daily Mail *
There is a uniquely northern comedy in Beryl Bainbridge's novels... It chimes with life's absurdity and hard-won wisdom -- John Self * The Times *
The masterful restraint of Beryl Bainbridge's sentences reveals an author in complete control of her artistry, while the book itself displays unexpected political aptness...It is, in short, superb prose. There are perhaps few sentences that stand out as individual gems. But there are also few writers who offer more control and delight line-by-line -- Sam Jordison * Guardian *
After turning the final page of The Bottle Factory Outing, one can only gasp, and grope for the right word...Such an atmosphere of impending doom has not been created since Brighton Rock - except that Beryl Bainbridge is mercilessly comic instead of being mercilessly vicious. Specialising in successive denouements, and with her gift for collecting the most amazing detail, she is so in control of her marvellous little story that one hangs on her words from first to last. What originality, what pleasure * Sunday Times *
Two very complex, funny female characters... They need each other although they would never admit it * Maxine Peake *
An outrageously funny and horrifying novel * Graham Greene *
How well Bainbridge uses both recognizable and even common circumstances and, this time, outright humor as shock absorbers... She's a considerable writer - sharp and knowing * Kirkus *
Bainbridge's barbed wit is underpinned by poignant failed dreams... This is a winner by any measure * Daily Mail *
There is a uniquely northern comedy in Beryl Bainbridge's novels... It chimes with life's absurdity and hard-won wisdom -- John Self * The Times *
Beryl Bainbridge wrote seventeen novels, two travel books and five plays for stage and television. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, she won literary awards including the Whitbread Prize and Author of the Year at the British Book Awards. She died in July 2010.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349123714 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349123713 |
| Title | The Bottle Factory Outing |
| Author | Beryl Bainbridge |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2010-09-02 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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