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'The Bottle Factory Outing' by Beryl Bainbridge
'The Bottle Factory Outing' by Beryl Bainbridge
Beryl Bainbridge’s 1974 novel centres on two very different women – shy Brenda and outspoken Freda – who work in an Italian-run wine-bottling factory and share a bedsit. When Freda decides to organise a work outing for all the factory employees, nothing will ever be the same.
The reader is Alison Glennie.
‘The Bottle Factory Outing’ by Beryl Bainbridge is published by Little, Brown.
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The Book on One is a celebration of writing from all over the world, with five 15-minute excerpts from a single book broadcast each week.
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Producer: Siobhán Mannion.
