British author Beryl Bainbridge dies



LONDON- Acclaimed British author Beryl Bainbridge, known for her portraits of working class life, has died aged 77, her literary agent and hospital officials said Friday.
Bainbridge's books include "An Awfully Big Adventure" and "The Birthday Boys". She was nominated for leading literary award the Booker Prize for a record five times but failed to win.



The London skyline
The London skyline
"It all happened suddenly," Ed Wilson of her literary agency Johnson and Alcock told the Guardian newspaper.
"She went in for a check-up because her chest was feeling tight, and she never came out. None of us knew how serious it was."
A London hospital which had been treating her confirmed her death.
Bainbridge, who had cancer, was also noted for her eccentric personal style. One interviewer claimed she was obsessed with teeth and kept a stuffed water buffalo in the hall of her London home.
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Saturday, July 3rd 2010
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