An Awfully Big Adventure
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, 1990
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Publisher Description
'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 director. But it is only when the celebrated O'Hara arrives to take the lead, that a different drama unfolds. In it, he and Stella are bound together in a past that neither dares to interpret.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This novel of the theater scene in 1950s Liverpool follows a young actress who becomes romantically involved with a director.
Customer Reviews
Any of Her Books
Why this magnificent Author has not received a Booker Prize is beyond me