Beryl Bainbridge Reihenfolge der Bücher

Beryl Bainbridge's Booker-shortlisted novel, reissued as one of five titles celebrating Abacus's 50th anniversary, with a new introduction by Amanda Craig

Beryl Bainbridge's classic early novel of English domestic life after the War, A Quiet Life is laced with irony and wicked black humour, and was praised by Hilary Mantel as 'one of the funniest books I have ever read'.

Beryl Bainbridge's classic early novel weaves a dark, clever tale of a young woman in thrall to a golden stranger in 1960s London.

The classic first novel that acclaimed author Beryl Bainbridge ever had published, in 1967, A Weekend with Claude is a wickedly funny portrait of frustrated middle-class lives.

The classic novel - the first she ever wrote - by acclaimed, Man Booker Prize- winning author Beryl Bainbridge, Harriet Said... is a dark and gripping story of adolescent transgression set in a 1950s seaside resort.

In 1968, during the investigation of Robert Kennedy's assassination, witnesses mentioned a girl in a polka dot dress at the Ambassador Hotel. THE GIRL IN THE POLKA DOT DRESS follows twelve-year-old Rose, who is linked to a dark past involving Dr. Wheeler, as she and Harold search for him across America, culminating at the hotel.

Temporeiche Road Novel in den USA der Sixties Im Sommer ’68 macht sich die Engländerin Rose auf nach Amerika, in ihrem Gepäck ein gepunktetes Kleid und ein Ticket ohne Rückfahrkarte. Gemeinsam mit dem zwielichtigen Harold ist sie auf der Suche nach Dr. Wheeler, einer mysteriösen Gestalt aus ihrer Kindheit. Wie Bonny und Clyde ziehen sie kreuz und quer durch ein von Rassenunruhen geschütteltes Amerika, rechts und links türmen sich die Leichen – bis sie schließlich im Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles landen. Dort wartet Dr. Wheeler im Gefolge des Präsidentschaftskandidaten Robert Kennedy. Und dann fällt ein Schuss. In ihrem letzten Roman zeigt Beryl Bainbridge noch einmal ihr ganzes Können: Scharfsinnig und herrlich böse führt sie eine Nation am Wendepunkt zur Tragödie vor.

Joseph takes his mistress, son, and friends to a cabin in Wales for the weekend, leading to disastrous outcomes.

"Wartime Liverpool is a place of ration books and jobs in munitions factories. Rita, living with her two aunts Nellie and Margo, is emotionally na ve and withdrawn. When she meets Ira, a GI, at a neighbour s party she falls in love almost as much with the idea of life as a GI bride as with the man himself. But Nellie and Margo are not so blind..."--Back cover.

A black comedy about Hitler's time in Liverpool* 'Vintage bittersweet Bainbridge' - MAIL ON SUNDAY schovat popis