ARGONAUT BOOKS

Freda and Brenda spend their days working in an Italian-run wine bottling factory and their nights in a dismal bedsit. Little wonder, then, that the works outing offers such promise to Freda, and such terror for Brenda. Reviews This is a superb novel. It is taut in construction, expansive in characterization, vibrant in atmosphere and profoundly comicThe TimesThe masterful restraint of Beryl Bainbridge's sentences reveals an author in complete control of her artistry, while the book itself displays unexpected political aptness...It is, in short, superb prose. There are p...Read More