Beryl Bainbridge
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English
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"In the tumultuous spring of 1968 a young English woman, Rose, travels from London to the United States to meet a man she knows as Washington Harold. In her suitcase are a polka dot dress and a one-way ticket. In an America recently convulsed by the April assassination of Martin Luther King and subsequent urban riots, they begin a search for the charismatic and elusive Dr. Wheeler - sage, prophet and, possibly, redeemer - who rescued Rose from a dreadful...
2) La excursión
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Español
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Freda y Brenda pasan sus días trabajando en una fábrica embotelladora de vino dirigida por unos italianos, Vittorio y Rossi, y comparten las noches en un deprimente estudio. No es sorprendente, pues, que la excursión que se ha organizado en la fábrica le haga tanta ilusión a Freda, que está decidida a conquistar a Vittorio, y aterrorice a Brenda, que hace lo imposible por escapar del acoso de Rossi.
Fuera de las paredes de la fábrica, las pasiones...
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Español
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Una comedia negra y perversa
En el lluvioso verano de 1968, Rose viaja desde Londres a Estados Unidos para reunirse con un hombre que conoce como Washington Harold. En su maleta lleva un vestido de topos y un billete sólo de ida. En un país conmocionado por el asesinato de Martin Luther King y en el que la violencia amenaza con desencadenarse de nuevo, ambos unirán fuerzas para encontrar al carismático y elusivo doctor Wheeler-oráculo, gurú...
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Series
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English
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The Dressmaker: For seventeen-year-old Rita, romance with an American GI feels like a Hollywood-style escape from wartime England-and the two aunts who've raised her. But in this Man Booker Prize–shortlisted novel, Rita soon discovers that life is nothing like the movies. The Bottle Factory Outing: Working at an Italian wine-bottling factory, London flatmates Brenda and Freda anticipate a rare day of pleasure on a company outing. Winner of the Guardian...
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Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Music and lyrics. Alex Fletcher is a washed-up 80s pop star who has been reduced to working the nostalgia circuit of county fairs and amusement parks. The charismatic and talented musician gets a chance at a comeback when reigning pop diva Cora Corman invites him to write and record a duet with her.
Two weeks notice. Lucy Kelson is Chief Council for the Wade Corporation, one of New York City's top commercial real estate developers. She's a brilliant...
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Publisher
Carroll & Graf Publishers
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
The sinking of the Titanic featuring Morgan, an American playboy who is the nephew of the ship's owner. After days of boozing and wenching, Morgan gets the opportunity to prove that he can also be a hero. By the author of The Birthday Boys.
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Publisher
Carroll & Graf
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
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A fictionalized account of Captain Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole in 1912, told from several points of view, Scott's as well as that of his men. The London Evening Standard called it "a daring leap of emphatic imagination."
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Publisher
Carroll & Graf
Pub. Date
©1998
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English
Description
Like Alan Bennett's Writing Home, this collection of Bainbridge's personal essays presents a pleasantly idiosyncratic blend of subtle observations on contemporary England and personal memories of its past.
For six years during the late eighties and early nineties, Bainbridge often began her column with "Something happened yesterday.". This offhand opening could lead to a humorous experience at a concert at the Albert Hall, a stint as a fortune-teller...
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Publisher
Virago
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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An old snapshot shows a group of friends lounging in the sunshine, on a weekend in the country at the invitation of bearded, satyric Claude and his wife Julia. The girl in the centre is dreamy Lily, whose latest failed love affair forms the purpose of the weekend, as Lily's friends set out to help her ensnare an unwitting father for her unborn child.
