Another Part of the Wood

✍ Scribed by Bainbridge, Beryl

• Book ID: 106887818
• Publisher: London : Duckworth, 1979.
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 124 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780715612347

✦ Synopsis

Product Description

Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling.Joseph decides to take his mistress and son, together with a few friends, to stay in a cabin in deepest Wales for the weekend - with absolutely disastrous results. Beryl Bainbridge's gift for deadpan dialogue and spare narrative, and her darkly comic vision of the world, are all in evidence in this early novel.

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One would imagine that camping in a lovely cottage in the Welsh countryside would result in a heavenly holiday for this group of adults and children. Michael Tudor Barnes provides suspense as he creates the backdrop for impending disaster. As tension builds among the vacationing eccentrics, Barnes stays well abreast of their irritating habits, problematic relationships, and dysfunctional behaviors as they become more and more miserable, despite the idyllic setting. His performance reflects mounting tension as their squabbles and self-centered behaviors distract them from a child's severe personality disorder, resulting in a disastrous culmination of events. B.J.P. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine