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Injury Time
Beryl Bainbridge
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Description for Injury Time
Paperback. * A gripping thriller based on a real life event (the Balcombe Street siege) Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 164.
Edward is throwing a dinner party with Binny , his mistress. Aware that she has long been denied those small intimacies that his wife takes for granted - choosing a birthday present for his sister, for example, or sorting his socks - he wants to give her a chance to feel more involved in his life, to socialise with some of his friends (the discreet ones). Things are a little awkward to begin with - a late start and him having to be away by half past ten - but everything seems to be going well. But then some ... Read more
Edward is throwing a dinner party with Binny , his mistress. Aware that she has long been denied those small intimacies that his wife takes for granted - choosing a birthday present for his sister, for example, or sorting his socks - he wants to give her a chance to feel more involved in his life, to socialise with some of his friends (the discreet ones). Things are a little awkward to begin with - a late start and him having to be away by half past ten - but everything seems to be going well. But then some ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349116112
SKU
V9780349116112
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About Beryl Bainbridge
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.
Reviews for Injury Time
I found myself laughing till the tears ran down my cheeks ... it is all horribly true to life ... a most excellent book and no one should miss it
Auberon Waugh
Painfully comical and well observed ... the constant frissons of anxiety and embarassment make it all the funnier
SUNDAY TIMES
Beryl Bainbridge is a ... Read more
Auberon Waugh
Painfully comical and well observed ... the constant frissons of anxiety and embarassment make it all the funnier
SUNDAY TIMES
Beryl Bainbridge is a ... Read more