Every Man for Himself (Bainbridge, Beryl) - Softcover

Bainbridge, Beryl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786704675 ISBN 13: 9780786704675

Publisher: Carroll & Graf, 1997

Synopsis

Recapturing the four crucial days prior to the sinking of the Titanic and the loss of fifteen hundred lives, this story is told from the perspective of Morgan, the American nephew of the owner of the shipping line, and reveals how his destiny is linked to other passengers

About this title

Review:

After taking on the ill-fated Scott expedition to the South Pole in her previous book, The Birthday Boys, the novelist tackles a much larger 1912 disaster: the sinking of the Titanic. The narrator, a 22-year-old named Morgan, brushes up against real-life victims such as John James Astor early in the voyage, while falling in love with the beautiful and unobtainable Wallis Ellery. The deadly maiden voyage of the world's largest ocean liner becomes a journey of self-discovery in this portentous, postmodern work, shortlisted for the 1996 Booker Prize.

About the Author:

Beryl Bainbridge wrote seventeen novels, two travel books and five plays for stage and television, she was shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, and won literary awards including the Whitbread Prize and the Author of the Year Award at the British Book Awards. She died in July 2010.

About this edition

• Publisher: Carroll & Graf
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0786704675
• ISBN 13: 9780786704675
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 224