This relationship was followed during the 1970s by one which lasted for several years with solicitor Clive de Pass
(Johnny Boots).
King, Brendan. Beryl Bainbridge. Bloomsbury .
363-5, 378
Family and Intimate relationships
Beryl Bainbridge
After BB
's affair with Clive de Pass
ended, she allowed herself to become emotionally entangled with Colin Haycraft
, her publisher at Duckworth.
King, Brendan. Beryl Bainbridge. Bloomsbury .
391
This love-affair ran concurrently with her professional relationships with both...
Dedications
Beryl Bainbridge
BB
published another novel, Sweet William (dedicated to Johnny Boots, a nickname for a new boyfriend called Clive de Pass
), whose protagonist succumbs to love for a promiscuous charmer.
British Books in Print. J. Whitaker and Sons.
1976
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