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Another Part Of The Wood

1968

‘A sly, subtle, bitter comedy, poised on the brink of domestic tragedy’ - The Guardian


In a remote cottage in Wales, two urban couples are spending their holiday with an idealistic owner and his protege. At the beginning everything is idyllic, but catastrophe lurks behind every tree, and as the holiday continues their relationships start to show their cracks.


First published by Hutchinson in 1968

Duckworth edition published by 1979

US edition published by George Brazier in 1980

Penguin Edition published 1992

Penguin Decades edition published in 2010


Colourful front cover of Bainbridge's Another Part of The Wood, showing a family in the countryside


Beryl Bainbridge's Another Part Of The Wood

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