Master Georgie
Beryl Bainbridge
This book was shortlisted for the Booker prize. The story is about a surgeon who goes to Crimea. The descriptions are strong and the book is atmospheric and very convincing. Also about the women, children, entertainers who are not actively involved in the war but form part of the ‘baggage train’ on the edge. . Doreen didn’t quite know what to make of
it. Another ‘ain’t it awful for women’ book. A bit gruesome. Extremely well written - as always with this author.
Doreen 11/4/99
By the same author
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