tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post1853982811886050446..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Something Happened Yesterday - Beryl BainbridgeStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-77980237091955139892012-06-29T06:57:57.887+01:002012-06-29T06:57:57.887+01:00Simon
Have you read any of Alice Thomas Ellis'...Simon<br /><br />Have you read any of Alice Thomas Ellis's columns?<br /><br />She wrote in the Spectator and the columns were published in 4 books called, I think, Homelife 1-4<br /><br />She was great friends with Beryl Bainbridge- they were both Liverpudlians and both lived in Camden, and Alice's husband published some of Beryl's novels<br /><br />I have not read this book but it goes on my wish listAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-37925974658844515902012-06-23T08:18:07.737+01:002012-06-23T08:18:07.737+01:00A cunning plan (re A Century of Books!)A cunning plan (re A Century of Books!)Annabel (gaskella)http://gaskella.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-19780740288950298562012-06-22T22:12:41.761+01:002012-06-22T22:12:41.761+01:00It's strange, I have very little interest in B...It's strange, I have very little interest in Bainbridge's fiction but I think this sounds absolutely fascinating. I <i>adore</i> "eccentric musings on life" and I simply must read any book that includes an aside about a murderous countess.Claire (The Captive Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07430380065718826213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-23984473030440118962012-06-22T18:43:47.204+01:002012-06-22T18:43:47.204+01:00They must have surprised the editor quite a lot - ...They must have surprised the editor quite a lot - or overjoyed him/her! I'd love to read her theatre reviews, but I suppose they might date rather.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-44118745822033866402012-06-22T18:43:11.209+01:002012-06-22T18:43:11.209+01:00Thanks Christine :) An Awfully Big Adventure was ...Thanks Christine :) An Awfully Big Adventure was the one I was most excited about, but I decided in the end to concentrate on those that would take up slots on A Century of Books.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-78607082704710139522012-06-22T18:42:37.580+01:002012-06-22T18:42:37.580+01:00I know! That turn at the end, towards the money, ...I know! That turn at the end, towards the money, is so very Bainbridge in its unexpectedness..StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-35403156488438138662012-06-22T08:02:19.908+01:002012-06-22T08:02:19.908+01:00Lovely Simon. Thank you. I'm so glad someone h...Lovely Simon. Thank you. I'm so glad someone has read some of her non-fiction. I've read a few of these columns and they're so idiosyncratic - no-one else could have written them. I used to read her theatre reviews in the Evening Standard, which were equally wonderful. I hope to post about her non-fic before the week is out.Annabel (gaskella)http://gaskella.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-12810809732350668752012-06-22T07:54:55.759+01:002012-06-22T07:54:55.759+01:00What a great review - I must try and get a copy of...What a great review - I must try and get a copy of this. I've got to finish writing about An Awfully Big Adventure, which I loved. I would need far longer than a week to explore Bainbridge.Christine Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814026435889782750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-40654181542432165682012-06-22T01:21:03.371+01:002012-06-22T01:21:03.371+01:00Thanks. Not a Bainbridge I would have been likely ...Thanks. Not a Bainbridge I would have been likely to pick up but now, but now, i can't get Mith Mith out of my head.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.com