The Bottle Factory Outing
British novelist, 1932–2010. Won the Costa Novel Award in 1977 and 1996.
The Bottle Factory Outing is a 1974 novel by Beryl Bainbridge. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1974.
On 2 of the 19 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Beryl Bainbridge
- First published
- 1974
- Length
- 304 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize shortlist, 1974
- Genre
- Comic novels and satire, Class and society, Feminist
Is The Bottle Factory Outing worth reading?
2 of the 19 best-of lists it could have made include it: the Booker Prize and The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 1974) | Shortlist | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The Bottle Factory Outing
The edition we link to is the Daunt Books paperback (2026), 304 pages.
- Publisher
- Daunt Books (paperback, 2026)
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN
- 9781917092371
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Bottle Factory Outing
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 33% of the points available on prize lists, against 6% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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