The Bottle Factory Outing
First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Beryl Bainbridge |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Black comedy |
| Publisher | Duckworth (UK) George Braziller (US) |
Publication date | Oct 1974 (UK) Jan 1975 (US) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print, audio & ebook |
| Pages | 160 (UK) |
| ISBN | 0-7156-0864-9 |
| OCLC | 1255205 |
| 823/.9/14 | |
| LC Class | PZ4.B162 Bo PR6052.A3195 |
The Bottle Factory Outing is a 1974 novel by English writer Beryl Bainbridge. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize that year, won the Guardian Fiction Prize and is regarded as one of her best. It is also listed as one of the 100 greatest novels of all time by Robert McCrum of The Observer. The book was inspired by Beryl Bainbridge's own experiences working as a cellar girl in a bottling factory after her divorce in 1959.