Every Man for Himself - Hardcover

Bainbridge, Beryl

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0715627333 ISBN 13: 9780715627334

Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

This novel, told through the eyes of Morgan, nephew of the owner of the shipping line, recaptures the four fateful days of the Titanic's voyage before disaster struck. Beryl Bainbridge has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times and has won both the Guardian and Whitbread Prizes.

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Review:

After taking on the ill-fated Scott expedition to the South Pole in her previous book, Birthday Boys, Bainbridge 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.

Review:

“Kerry Shale, surely one of the most versatile of voices, brings all the pensive wit of the text to the fore.”
Irish Times 3/5/97

“This is one of those rare literary events that can be unequivocally recommended with confidence to any reader or listener. Kerry Shale reads brilliantly, adding another to his growing list of audiobook triumphs.”
Oxford Times 21/2/97

About this edition

• Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0715627333
• ISBN 13: 9780715627334
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224