Publisher's Synopsis
Freda and Brenda spend their days working in an Italian-run wine-bottling factory, and their nights in a dismal bed-sitter. Little wonder, then, that the works outing offers such promise for Freda, determined to capture the heart of Vittorio, and such terror for Brenda, constantly escaping the clutches of Rossi. But passions run high on that chilly day of freedom, and life after the outing can - tragically - never return to normal. "Such an atmosphere of impending doom has not been created since Brighton Rock - except that Beryl Bainbridge is mercilessly comic instead of mercilessly vicious...What originality, what pleasure." Ronald Blythe in the SUNDAY TIMES
