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After taking on the ill-fated Scott expedition to the South Pole in her previous book, The Birthday Boys, the novelist tackles a much larger 1912 disaster: the sinking of the Titanic. The narrator, a 22-year-old named Morgan, brushes up against real-life victims such as John James Astor early in the voyage, while falling in love with the beautiful and unobtainable Wallis Ellery. The deadly maiden voyage of the world's largest ocean liner becomes a journey of self-discovery in this portentous, postmodern work, short-listed for the 1996 Booker Prize.
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Extraordinary... a wholly new and highly individual work of art... beautifully written (INDEPENDENT )
Marvellous... exquisite pacing... stunning descriptions (INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY )
A narrative both sparkling and deep... the cost of raising [the Titanic] is prohibitive; Bainbridge does the next best thing (SUNDAY TIMES )
Bainbridge's masterpiece (EVENING STANDARD )
Marvellous... exquisite pacing... stunning descriptions (INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY )
A narrative both sparkling and deep... the cost of raising [the Titanic] is prohibitive; Bainbridge does the next best thing (SUNDAY TIMES )
Bainbridge's masterpiece (EVENING STANDARD )
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Whilst I would only give five stars to a handfull of books that I've ever read, this one merits it.
About the Titanic with an ending that could never fail to surprise, it was a riveting read. Bainbridge got beneath the skin of the characters and one felt more present at the scene than watching any film. The remarkable thing about reading it, though, was how it reminded me of Oscar Wilde's works. There really is a quotation to take from every page.
About the Titanic with an ending that could never fail to surprise, it was a riveting read. Bainbridge got beneath the skin of the characters and one felt more present at the scene than watching any film. The remarkable thing about reading it, though, was how it reminded me of Oscar Wilde's works. There really is a quotation to take from every page.
As Hilary Mantel said in the Sunday Times " ... the cost of raising the Titanic is prohibitive: Bainbridge does the next best thing." And it's true! I'm not on commission, I just love the book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This novel is a masterpiece, and infinitely more rewarding than the film 'Titanic' with which it shares its subject matter. The fateful voyage is seen through the eyes of Morgan, a rich, young man related to the owner of the shipping line. Concentrating mainly on the first class passengers, to which set Morgan belongs, it paints a portrait of an insular group with an impressive array of vices. The title of the novel says it all - "Every man for himself" - and there is plenty of selfishness, silliness and snobbery on display here. However Morgan himself is basically a decent young chap, and does his best to look out for his friends as the disaster unfolds its course; will he manage to save himself too? This is not a long novel, nor does it need to be, as every word has its place.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Since you know what's going to happen to the Titanic it seems like madness to write a novel with this sort of backdrop. But Bainbridge is such a clever accomplished writer that she turns this inevitability very distinctly to her advantage. The story is magnetically dragged to it's conclusion by the ships date with destiny and along the way Bainbridge stimulates with writing that is perfection and characters that intrigue.
The pithy insights, the black humour and the spare but accurate descriptions fill her 'tardis' like writing. Bainbridge manages to convey in one sentence what it takes other writers several pages to achieve.
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Haunting
Beryl Bainbridge's elegantly lyrical prose and subtly sketched characters are, as ever, a delight. It is a measure of her skill that although the first-person narrator obviously... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Clive A. H. Still
A gripping version
I am a little obsessed with the Titanic disaster and only recently discovered this book which I found very readable from the off and gripping right through to it's inevitable... Read more
Published 3 months ago by ba Francis
Brings nothing new to the party...
This book starts with a major handicap. Two, actually. The first is that you already know how it will end. It's about the voyage of the Titanic, so of course you know. Read more
Published 19 months ago by bloodsimple
OK up to a point, then it falls apart (spoilers!)
This novelisation of life in the Gilded Age, centred on the 'Titanic' disaster, was quite intriguing to start. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Enoch Sneed
The 100 metre sprinter of the literary world
Beryl Bainbridge has invented her own writing style - no one else writes with such wit and acuity or with such brevity, which is her watchword. Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2009 by Eileen Shaw
magnificent
A book I buy and give to my friends and await their response. The writing is simply fab. I felt complelled to underline bits and keep them forever. Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2008 by SWH
How did it win Whitbread!?!?
Every Man for Himself won the 1996 Whitbread award for best novel, which is second only to the Booker prize in terms of literary accolades. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2008 by Wildlife Bookworm
Scathing indictment of the class system
Wonderful book, but don't go expecting a novel about the Titanic. Yes, of course the Titanic features, but it's there as a plot device to expose the attitudes and insecurities of... Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2007 by Chief Examiner
A book for a rainy afternoon
Though set on the Titanic this is a relationship not an action book and as such the sinking (not to give the end away! Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2003 by Alex Magpie
A book for a rainy afternoon
Though set on the Titanic this is a relationship not an action book and as such the sinking (not to give the end away! Read more
Published on 27 Jan 2003 by Alex Magpie
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