Master Georgie
By Beryl BainbridgeSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 1998
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FICTION PRIZE
WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR FICTION
WINNER OF THE WH SMITH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
When Master Georgie - George Hardy, surgeon and photographer - sets off from the cold squalor of Victorian Liverpool for the heat and glitter of the Bosphorus to offer his services in the Crimea, there straggles behind him a small caravan of devoted followers; Myrtle, his adoring adoptive sister; lapsed geologist Dr Potter; and photographer's assistant and sometime fire-eater Pompey Jones, all of them driven onwards through a rising tide of death and disease by a shared and mysterious guilt.
Combining a breathtaking eye for beauty with a visceral understanding of mortality, Beryl Bainbridge exposes her enigmatic hero as tenderly and unsparingly as she reveals the filth and misery of war, and creates a novel of luminous depth and extraordinary intensity.
Book details
- Paperback
- 224 pages
- English
- B0013UPKL0
- 9780349111698
About Beryl Bainbridge
dame beryl margaret bainbridge dbe was an english writer from liverpool. she was primarily known for her works of psychological fiction, often set among th Read More about Beryl Bainbridge
More Books By Beryl Bainbridge
People who bought this also bought
Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: A Handbook for Slashing Gas Prices and Solving Our Energy Crisis
Used Book
The Sweet Season: A Sportswriter Rediscovers Football, Family, and a Bit of Faith at Minnesota's St. John's University
Used Book
You Don't Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!: A Program to Bring Joy, Energy, and Balance to Your Life
Used Book
The Greatness Guide: 101 Lessons for Making What's Good at Work and in Life Even Better
New Book
The Gina Ford Baby and Toddler Cook Book: Over 100 Easy Recipes for All the Family to Enjoy book by Gina Ford
New Book
Behave :The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky
New Book
Mastering the Zone : The Art of Achieving Superhealth and Permanent Fat Loss
Used Book
The Ingenious Mr. Fairchild : The Forgotten Father of the Flower Garden
Used Book
Energy Transition and the Local Community : A Theory of Society Applied to Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Used Book