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Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge
Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge









Morgan.) The necessity of fixing on an occupation has made the young man slightly less indolent than some of his (realĪnd invented) cronies, who also boarded the ship on April 10, 1912, for its maiden voyage. Has taken the liberty of giving this invented character a very real and very powerful uncle, the financier J. Although orphaned when still a small child, he has long been swaddled in the privileged world of the Anglo-American aristocracy.

Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge

Morgan's inability to fully comprehend what is happening is hardly surprising. fluttered the fingers of my raised hand as though we were both guests at a social function.'' In a strange way, they are: the death rites not only for a ship but for an entire way

Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge

That his right shoe is still ''inexplicably shiny with polish.'' A fellow passenger is standing at the rail, buffing his glasses: ''The night was so still, the sea so calm, the moment so out of step with The New York Times: Book Review Search ArticleīERYL BAINBRIDGE'S latest novel, ''Every Man for Himself,'' opens with an enticing combination of the dramatic and the mundane: Morgan, the narrator, is preparing to jump from the deck of the rapidly sinking Titanic when he notices











Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge