{"product_id":"birthday-boys","title":"Birthday Boys","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBirthday Boys\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBeryl Bainbridge\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e0786702079\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCarroll \u0026amp; Graf\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1995\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003e Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eIn this stunning new novel, award-winning author Beryl Bainbridge offers a brilliantly fictionalized account of the doomed Antarctic expedition led by Captain Scott in 1912. At once hair-raising and beautiful, here is an astonishing tale of misguided courage and human endurance. The Birthday Boys of the title are Scott and four members of his team, each of whom narrates a section of the book. As the story progresses the reader discovers that these men may not be reliable reporters. Their cocky optimism is both ghastly and dangerous. Brought up to despise professional expertise, their enterprise is lunatic, amateur and gentlemanly. Beryl Bainbridge makes it hauntingly clear: the men are fatally doomed in their bravery, the very stuff of heroes. Captain Scott's poignant trek becomes, in this remarkable novel, an historical event which prefigures the terrible new world dawning in Europe. It was an inept rehearsal for the carnage of the first world war, the ultimate challenge for the arrogant generals who shared Scott's skewed notion of courage that led men qualmlessly into harm's way. Subtle, poetic and unforgettable, The Birthday Boys is impossible to read without experiencing that magical shiver up the spine which is caused when great writing touches the soul.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Carroll \u0026 Graf","offers":[{"title":"Birthday Boys | Beryl Bainbridge | Paperback | 0786702079 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1486239","offer_id":48753914871960,"sku":"1486239","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/417MZWWVJEL.jpg?v=1774067782","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/birthday-boys","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}