Master Georgie

First edition. 8vo. 190 pp. Black cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine.

Signed by Author to title page.

Winner of the 1998 James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the 1999 WH Smith Literary Award. A 1998 New York Times Book Review Notable Book and finalist for The Guardian Fiction Prize. Shortlisted for the 1998 Booker Prize, and the sentimental favourite to win, it was edged out by Ian McEwan's Amsterdam.

In a revolving first person narrative, three characters close to the eponymous English surgeon and amateur photographer George Hardy, try to make sense of his selfless volunteering for the Crimean War battlefields. In 2008, The Times placed Bainbridge on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". "[A] virtually flawless blend of elegant prose, ironic observation, and impeccably controlled narrative momentum." –Publishers Weekly