Beryl Bainbridge

‘Een van de grappigste boeken die ik ooit heb gelezen.’ - Hilary Mantel Hoewel de Tweede Wereldoorlog voorbij is, zijn de tijden allesbehalve vr

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 prais

An old snapshot shows a group of friends lounging in the sunshine, on a weekend in the country at the invitation of bearded, satyric Claude and his wi

* A gripping thriller based on a real life event (the Balcombe Street siege)

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

* An hilarious comedy of adultery. * 'Razor sharp ... Bainbridge takes special pleasure in human unpredictability. She shows that people are hardly e

The classic first novel from acclaimed, Man Booker Prize-winning author Beryl Bainbridge, Harriet Said ... is a dark and gripping story of adolescent

Beryl Bainbridge's incredibly evocative novel of the Titanic, reissued with a new introduction.

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

'The book I wish I'd written . . . Witty, chilling, every word in place' Hilary Mantel, GuardianWartime Liverpool is a place of ration books and jobs

*'This is one of Bainbridge's best books. The close observation and hilarity are underlain by a sense of tragedy as deep as any in fiction' THE TIMES

'People came in and out, chairs were moved, dishes gathered up on trays, but it was happening at a great distance; she concentrated entirely on his pi

* The new and last Beryl Bainbridge is a double murder mystery and a bittersweet masterpiece of the kind with which she has made her reputation

A wonderful, immaculately researched novel that brings Dr Johnson, his friends and his times to life, reissued with a new introduction.

Short-listed for the Booker Prize and named 'one of the greatest novels of all time' by The Observer, this riveting novel which was recently adapted o

Discover how categorisation has shaped our view of the natural world with How Zoologists Organize Things. The book unveils wild truths and even wilder

It is February 1942. Singapore had fallen. In the seismic shockwave that follows, John Fullwood is preparing to abandon his rubber plantation on Bouga

It is February 1942. Singapore had fallen. In the seismic shockwave that follows, John Fullwood is preparing to abandon his rubber plantation on Bouga

When Michael discovers that he has a three-month-old baby, his life is turned upside down. Drawn into the aristocratic world of a Bostonian family thr