Young Adolf

Young Adolf

by Beryl Bainbridge (Author)

Synopsis

Paranoid, wilful, lazy, the young Adolf Hitler turns up in Liverpool to stay with his brother Alois and sister-in-law Bridget. Hailed by Alois as a student and an artist, Adolf soon irritates his family beyond measure by his constant sponging and his tendency to get into serious trouble with the English. Surely this is a young man who will never amount to anything.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 225
Publisher: Abacus
Published: 03 Jul 2003

ISBN 10: 034911613X
ISBN 13: 9780349116136
Book Overview: * A black comedy about Hitler's time in Liverpool * 'Vintage bittersweet Bainbridge' - MAIL ON SUNDAY

Media Reviews
'At once funny and appalling . splendid occasions of high farce . rich in prophetic ironies' OBSERVER *Bainbridge has created a lucicrously funny farce, behind which lurks the destructive power of repressed fantasies & deeply felt resentments' S. TIMES *Bainbridge at her whimsical best, putting fantastic events firmly in a beautifully observed background.' D. TEL. *'A delightfully original conception, executed with great skill and humour' John Fowles
Author Bio
Beryl Bainbridge wrote seventeen novels, two travel books and five plays for stage and television, she was shortlisted for the Booker Prize five times, and won literary awards including the Whitbread Prize and the Author of the Year Award at the British Book Awards. She died in July 2010.