The Bottle Factory Outing ebook

by Beryl Bainbridge

The Bottle Factory Outing is a 1974 novel by English writer Beryl Bainbridge. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize that year, won the Guardian Fiction Prize and is regarded as one of her best.

The Bottle Factory Outing is a 1974 novel by English writer Beryl Bainbridge. It is also listed as one of the 100 greatest novels of all time by Robert McCrum of The Observer. The book was inspired by Beryl Bainbridge's own experiences working as a cellar girl in a bottling factory after her divorce in 1959.

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. 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 short-listed for the Booker Prize, and Every Man for Himself was awarded the Whitbread Novel of the Year Prize.

The Bottle Factory Outing book. The few Beryl Bainbridge books I've read are all slightly quirky and odd - populated with characters who, if they were flat shapes would be all corners and sharp edges rather than smooth and curved! This is no exception.

The Bottle Factory Outing. Freda (26): British; 190cm, 108kg; well dressed, make-up; actoress castings. The Bottle Factory Outing. London: Duckworth, 1974. Brenda (32): British; thin; from a good family, marries a rude man, whom she leaves; does not care how she looks like. Vittorio: Italian; rich cousin of Mr. Paganotti who owns the bottle factory. Rossi: Italian; lover of Brenda. Patrick: Irish; admirer of Brenda. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, The Bottle Factory Outing was inspired by author Beryl Bainbridge’s own experiences working as a cellar girl in the mid-twentieth century. Named by the Observer as one of the 100 greatest novels of all time, this dark comedy with a disturbing twist follows two working-class women in 1970s London. Intertwining themes of loneliness and friendship, sexual frustration and personal power, passion and murder, this tragicomedy is a British classic that depicts working-class life as something both terribly morose and wickedly funny.

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Beryl Bainbridge’s writing, so easily readable, is rich in descriptions. The Bottle Factory was inspired by Beryl Bainbridge’s experience working part time in a bottle factory in 1959

Beryl Bainbridge’s writing, so easily readable, is rich in descriptions. The book is superbly paced; the tension rises in an atmosphere of seediness, and frustration, before reaching an unbelievable and grotesque climax. I had no idea how Bainbridge could draw this story to an end and was completely taken by surprise at the bizarre twist at the end, which I thought was brilliant. The Bottle Factory was inspired by Beryl Bainbridge’s experience working part time in a bottle factory in 1959. It was first published in 1974 and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in that year.

Freda and Brenda spend their days working in an Italian-run wine-bottling factory and their nights in a dismal bedsitter. Little wonder, then, that the works outing offers such promise.

Zonama

This little story captured my interest from beginning to end. I loved the two single ladies trying to make it in this world by rooming together and working at a winery pasting labels on the bottles. Two characters could not be less alike, very Laverne and Shirley-esque. All they really wanted was to have a little fun. So when their employer begrudgingly donated some casks of wine for a little employee outing what transpires is a series of increasingly unfortunate and ridiculous events I certainly could not have predicted. Like the best mysteries this story keeps you guessing and turning the page to see how our heroines will fare. I’m looking forward to reading all the Bainbridge books.

Buzatus

A story where personalities make all the difference to two girls working in a bottle factory. I liked the depth of characters and the surprising, non-traditional ending of the book. (and I still remember it even after reading it several months ago!) I would read this author's work again!

Yanki

Two frazzled women brace themselve for the annual company outing.

Another minor masterpiece from Bainbridge. The irony is heavy, as always. The characters are vivid and memorable, even those who...how do I describe this...are not vivid and memorable. Bainbridge seems to know every person I've ever known, and she keeps throwing them at me. She brings even the palest, most dishwater of personalities to life in a way that I've never seen an author do before.

The story is barely present through much of the book, as is true in much of Bainbridge's writing; not much happens. It's the people and their interactions that move the story more than any plot devices. Then something happens that throws the banality of the characters' lives completely off course, and it's that something, and their reaction to it, that crystallizess the story's theme. The funny thing about Bainbridge is that I'm never entirely sure just what the theme is. Or maybe I know what the theme is, but I don't know how to put it into words. If the typical themes of novels are cliches like, "Life is short," or "Money can't buy happiness," then any attempt to articulate Bainbridge's themes would start with something like, "It's really hard to explain, but you know how you feel when...."

Uscavel

Just trying to get along and WHAM! Working class life at its grittiest. Certainly with a quick read. I could see Peter Sellers in a role.

Windforge

Strange story, not for everyone but captivating. I will seek out the authors other stories. Strange, bizarre ending that makes sense.

Uyehuguita

A great read, not very long, very funny in a dark and dry way.

Aloo

I'm presently reading this book but it's a little depressing, not funny at all. But she's a marvelous writer and her descriptions here are amazing.

Moody and dark
A true mastery of ambiance. Will read her other books