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Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge DBE (21 November 1932 – 2 July 2010) was an English writer. She was primarily known for her works of psychological fiction , often macabre tales set among the English working class.
Jun 28, 2024 · Beryl Bainbridge, English novelist known for her psychologically astute portrayals of lower-middle-class English life. Her books included Harriet Said, The Bottle Factory Outing, Injury Time, Young Adolf, Winter Garden, and According to Queeney. Learn more about Bainbridge’s life and work.
Jul 3, 2010 · Beryl Bainbridge, whose sparely written, mordant novels, often with a dark comic edge, made her one of the most distinctive and admired voices in postwar British fiction, died on Thursday in...
Beryl Bainbridge began her working life as an actress and remained an entertainer, as one of Britain's most popular and best-loved novelists. Her work attracted a wide readership as well as critical acclaim, was short-listed for the Booker Prize four times, and won the Whitbread Prize three times, including for Every Man for Himself (1996).
Dec 9, 2016 · Brendan King’s biography of the British novelist Beryl Bainbridge, whose life was full of romantic drama.
Jul 2, 2010 · Novelist Dame Beryl Bainbridge, who has died at the age of 75, was one of the UK's most popular and prolific authors. She started her career as an actress in Liverpool, but continued to...
Feb 21, 2023 · An eccentric, concise, uncompromising and funny story of love and death, The Dressmaker was the first of five novels by Beryl Bainbridge to be shortlisted for the Booker - and gives the clear sense of a particular personality behind its pages. Written by John Self. Published February 21, 2023.
