The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge

The Bottle Factory Outing is a 1974 novel written by Beryl Bainbridge, it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize that year and won the Guardian Fiction Prize. It is also listed as one of the 100 greatest novels of all time by Robert McCrum of The Observer. The book was inspired by Beryl Bainbridge's own experiences working in a bottling factory after her divorce in 1959.

The 2216th greatest fiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 80th on The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The List (The Observer)

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Bottle Factory Outing Paperback 10484084 $20.60
The Bottle Factory Outing Hardcover 2023100 $40.00 $11.93
The Bottle Factory Outing Paperback 8618190 $0.01
Bottle Factory Outing Mass Market Paperback 944869 $4.95 1976
The Bottle Factory Outing Hardcover 5725004 $0.01 1974
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The Bottle Factory Outing Paperback 2365698 $37.31 $4.71 1994
The Bottle Factory Outing (Bainbridge, Beryl) Paperback 1542772 $29.44 $11.94 1994
The Bottle Factory Outing: A Novel Kindle Edition 699196 $2.99 2016