Every Man For Himself

WINNER OF THE WHITBREAD PRIZE FOR FICTION 1996 WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE 1997 'A narrative both sparkling and deep . . . the cost of raising [the Titanic] is prohibitive; Bainbridge does the next best thing' Hilary Mantel 'Brilliant . . . do not miss this novel' Daily Telegraph 'A moving; microcosmic portrait of an era's bitter end' The Times For the four fraught; mysterious days of her doomed maiden voyage in 1912; the Titanic sails towards New York; glittering with luxury; freighted with millionaires and hopefuls. In her labyrinthine passageways the last; secret hours of a small group of passengers are played out; their fate sealed in prose of startling; sublime beauty; as Beryl Bainbridge's haunting masterpiece moves inexorably to its known and terrible end.