Beryl Bainbridge, Mordant Novelist, Is Dead at 77
Ms. Bainbridge’s sparely written, mordant novels — often with a dark comic edge — made her one of the most distinctive and admired voices in postwar British fiction.
From: NYT > Books
Saturday, 3 July, 2010
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