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Synopsis
In her latest novel, the author of The Birthday Boys dramatizes the night of April 15, 1912, when 1,500 people lost their lives after the world's greatest luxury liner--the invincible Titanic--sank on her miaden voyage.
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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.
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- PublisherAbacus
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 035131833X
- ISBN 13 9780351318337
- BindingHardcover
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