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A darkly perceptive coming-of-age tale set in Liverpool in the 1950s from Beryl Bainbridge tied together at the end with her trademark skill."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 TimesIn 1950, 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."A subtle schizophrenic insight into adult relationships ... Bainbridge's understated prose and obsessive eye for the smallest and most telling of details have never been better employed." - Time OutBeryl Bainbridge, who died in 2010, was a Booker Prize heroine. She was an actress (appearing in Coronation Street) before becoming a novelist and much-loved, cigarette-dangling public figure. Although Bainbridge was shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times,

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Author

Bainbridge, Beryl

Publisher

ISIS Large Print Books

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780786701841

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Thriller, Fiction

Rating

3.64 / 5 (22 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14