Imprint
- Abacus
- Abacus
Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
'Brilliant...do not miss this novel.' - Daily Telegraph.
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
For the four fraught, mysterious days of her doomed maiden voyage in 1912, the Titanic sails towards New York, glittering with luxury, freighted with millionaires and hopefuls.
In her labyrinthine passageways are played out the last, secret hours of a small group of passengers, their fate sealed in prose of startling, sublime beauty, as Beryl Bainbridge's haunting masterpiece moves inexorably to its known and terrible end.
Praise for Every Man For Himself
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Extraordinary...a wholly new and highly individual work of art...beautifully written. - Independent
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Marvellous...exquisite pacing...stunning descriptions. - Independent on Sunday
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A narrative both sparkling and deep...the cost of raising [the Titanic] is prohibitive; Bainbridge does the next best thing. - Sunday Times
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Bainbridge's masterpiece. - Evening Standard
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A masterpiece...compelling. - The Lady
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A beautifully-written book, tinged with mystery and rich in atmosphere and detail. - Sunday Mirror
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As richly populated as a Henry James novel, Bainbridge's retelling of the last days aboard the Titanic sparkles with intrigue... The book's final chapter is as exciting as they come. - Independent Magazine
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The writing is slick and vivid. - Daily Telegraph
Beryl Bainbridge
Beryl Bainbridge is the author of seventeen novels, two travel books and five plays for stage and television. The Dressmaker, The Bottle Factory Outing, An Awfully Big Adventure, Every Man for Himself and Master Georgie (which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize) were all shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Every Man for Himself was awarded the Whitbread Novel of the Year Prize. She won the Guardian Fiction Prize with The Dressmaker and the Whitbread Prize with Injury Time. The Bottle Factory Outing, Sweet William and The Dressmaker have all been adapted for film, as was An Awfully Big Adventure, which starred Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman. Beryl Bainbridge died in July 2010.
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