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The Birthday Boys

By Beryl Bainbridge

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The Birthday Boys

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A brilliantly realized evocation of the thoughts and voices of Captain Scott and the four men with him, who suffered extraordinary hardships before finally dying during their 1912 attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole. 'Bainbridge's account of the horribly familiar story is both fresh and sure-footed. The power of her imagination, her clarity of expression and mastery of language are more striking than anything else I have read this year' Jane Shilling, Sunday Telegraph The Birthday Boys is one of Beryl Bainbridge's most acclaimed novels, telling the story of Scott's doomed expedition through the voices of five men on the voyage. As Scott, Petty Officer Taff Evans, ship's doctor Dr Edward Wilson, Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Captain Lawrence Oates step forward for their place in the narrative, the reader is gripped by the the characters themselves alongside the vividly evoked period.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
192
Release Date:
2009-10-01
Publication Date:
2009-10-01
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0349121567
ISBN13:
9780349121567
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
155 g
Height:
126 cm
Width:
197 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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