{"product_id":"the-bottle-factory-outing-9780349123714","title":"The Bottle Factory Outing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* This wonderful novel showing Beryl Bainbridge at her darkly comic best - out for the first time as an Abacus paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a superb novel.\u003c\/b\u003e It is taut in construction, expansive in characterization, vibrant in atmosphere and profoundly comic * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe masterful restraint of Beryl Bainbridge's sentences reveals an author in complete control of her artistry\u003c\/b\u003e, while the book itself displays unexpected political aptness...\u003cb\u003eIt is, in short, superb prose.\u003c\/b\u003e There are perhaps few sentences that stand out as individual gems. But there are also few writers who offer more control and delight line-by-line -- Sam Jordison * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter turning the final page of \u003ci\u003eThe Bottle Factory Outing\u003c\/i\u003e, one can only gasp, and grope for the right word\u003c\/b\u003e...Such an atmosphere of impending doom has not been created since \u003ci\u003eBrighton Rock\u003c\/i\u003e - except that Beryl Bainbridge is mercilessly comic instead of being mercilessly vicious. Specialising in successive denouements, and with her gift for collecting the most amazing detail, she is so in control of her marvellous little story that one hangs on her words from first to last. \u003cb\u003eWhat originality, what pleasure\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eTwo very complex, funny female characters... They need each other although they would never admit it * Maxine Peake *\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eoutrageously funny\u003c\/b\u003e and horrifying novel * Graham Greene *\u003cbr\u003eHow well Bainbridge uses both recognizable and even common circumstances and, this time, outright humor as shock absorbers... She's a considerable writer - sharp and knowing * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003eBainbridge's barbed wit is underpinned by poignant failed dreams... This is \u003cb\u003ea winner by any measure\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eThere is \u003cb\u003ea uniquely northern comedy\u003c\/b\u003e in Beryl Bainbridge's novels... It chimes with life's absurdity and hard-won wisdom -- John Self * The Times *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864459620695,"sku":"9780349123714","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349123714.jpg?v=1722272053","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-bottle-factory-outing-9780349123714","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}