The Last Days Of Beryl Bainbridge (And Her Unfinished Novel)

For years she was obsessed with, but was unable to finish, writing The Girl in the Polka-Dot Dress. During her final illness, says friend Mervyn Bragg, she “was at the centre of tentacles of tubes. She was anguished, exasperated, but very coherent. She said she had it all worked out, and could I fix it that she get 30 days?”