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A Weekend with Claude

By: Beryl Bainbridge
Narrated by: Emma Powell
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An old snapshot shows a group of friends lounging in the sunshine, on a weekend in the country at the invitation of bearded, satyric Claude and his wife Julia. The girl in the centre is dreamy Lily, whose latest failed love affair forms the purpose of the weekend, as Lily's friends set out to help her ensnare an unwitting father for her unborn child. Next to her is Norman, a Marxist romantic hell-bent on seducing his milk-white hostess; behind them is old, persecuted Shebah; and, slightly apart, the young man on whom all hopes are pinned: quiet, pleasant Edward.

A darkly comic exploration of friendship and failure.

©1967 The Estate of Beryl Bainbridge (P)2025 Soundings
Dark Humour Friendship Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction
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