Injury Time (novel)

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Injury Time
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First edition (UK)
Author Beryl Bainbridge
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Duckworth (UK)
George Braziller (US)
Publication date
1977
Media typePrint & Audio & eBook
Pages158
ISBN 0-7156-1246-8

Injury Time is a novel by English author Beryl Bainbridge and first published in 1977 by Duckworth. It won the 1977 Whitbread Book of the Year Award. [1]

Plot introduction

Edward is married to Helen but has an affair with Binny. Tonight, the lovers are holding their first dinner party, although Edward has promised his wife that he will not be home late. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned, and the dinner party is gate-crashed by desperate bank-robbers wielding sawn-off shotguns and seeking hostages.

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References

  1. "Beryl Bainbridge". British Council Literature. British Council . Retrieved 26 January 2016.