An Awfully Big Adventure'This is one of Bainbridge's best books. The close observation and hilarity are underlain by a sense of tragedy as deep as any in fiction' The Times SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE IN 1990 It is 1950 and the Liverpool repertory theatre company is rehearsing its Christmas production of Peter Pan, a story of childhood innocence and loss. Stella has been taken on as assistant stage manager and quickly becomes obsessed with Meredith, the dissolute

Philip Larkin and Me

which is surprisingly often

but there's her tangled personal life to sort out first

the race is on to discover the secret of the famous 1930s aircraft

As one of the King’s Messengers he has enough secrets to guard

and skilful re-imagining of a modern Greek legend' - Victoria Hislop

Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire countryside painted green

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Nergui is assigned to conduct an internal enquiry into Muunokhoi's failed prosecution

It is not the echoing

Will Starling is pulled from the sea with no memory of his past

But McCaleb's calm seas turn choppy when a beautiful woman called Graciela Rivers comes visiting his dock