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The Birthday Boys

The Birthday Boys

Author(s): Beryl Bainbridge

Location(s): Antarctica

Genre(s): Horror, Fiction

Era(s): Early20th Century

The Birthday Boys is one of Beryl Bainbridge’s most acclaimed novels, telling the story of Scott’s doomed expedition through the voices of five men on the voyage. As Scott, Petty Officer Taff Evans, ship’s doctor Dr Edward Wilson, Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Captain Lawrence Oates step forward for their place in the narrative, the reader is gripped by the the characters themselves alongside the vividly evoked period.

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