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Autograph postal card signed : London, to Peter Straus, 1996 [Nov. 1].

BIB_ID
345528
Accession number
MA 8336.2
Creator
Bainbridge, Beryl, 1932-2010.
Display Date
1996 [Nov. 1].
Credit line
Man Booker Prize Collection. Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund and the Drue Heinz Fund, 2010.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) : ill. ; 10.1 x 15.1 cm
Notes
Beryl Bainbridge's novel Every Man for Himself was shortlisted for the Booker in 1996, but the prize was awarded to Graham Swift's Last Orders, which was published by Picador.
From PML 193710.
Location and date of writing inferred from postmark.
Part of a small collection of Beryl Bainbridge letters.
With a reproduction of a Titanic memorial postcard on the verso titled "Second Class Promenade Deck."
With stamp and postmark and addressed to Peter Straus at Picador Publishers.
Provenance
Booker Prize collection of Peter Straus.
Summary
Thanking him for being so nice to her about the Booker, and congratulating him on Graham Swift's receipt of the prize.