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The guardian includes the bottle factory outing on their list of the 100 greatest novels of all time. In her neovictorian novel master georgie 1988, beryl bainbridge uses narrative plurality and the verbal description of photographs to probe epistemological issues. It unfolds through the narratives of three protagonists the geologist, dr. Shortlisted for the booker prize, 1998 new ed by bainbridge, beryl isbn. One solipsistic young man from england leads friends and acquaintances to crimea, and for some reason they follow him. Master georgie is the story of george hardy, an english surgeon and amateur photographer, who leaves his affluent lifestyle in victorian england to face the perils of war and the battleground at inkerman in the crimea. Explore books by beryl bainbridge with our selection at. His early childhood was a blur of poverty, abandonment, and abuseall ended when he was rescued, dickensstyle, by the family. Master georgie follows liverpudlians in the crimean war. Spare parts make up the engine of this rickety ride from here to there.
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