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A Weekend with Claude is the first published novel of Beryl Bainbridge. It was originally published in 1967, but was heavily revised by the author in 1981.
The novel is a darkly comic story of friendship and failure in 1960s England. It tells the story of four friends, Claude, Lily, Shebah, and Norman, who spend a weekend together at Claude's country house. The weekend is fraught with tension and anxiety, as the friends confront their own personal demons and try to come to terms with their unfulfilled lives.
A Weekend with Claude was a critical success upon its publication, and it established Bainbridge as a major new voice in British fiction. She went on to write many more novels, including several that were shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
Bainbridge died in 2011 at the age of 78, but her work continues to be read and enjoyed by readers around the world.