Fools of Fortune by Trevor William

Fools of Fortune by Trevor William

Penguin Classics is proud to welcome William Trevor--Ireland's answer to Chekhov (The Boston Globe) and one of the best writers of our era (The Washington Post)--to our distinguished list of literary masters. In this award-winning novel, an informer's body is found on the estate of a wealthy Irish family shortly after the First World War, and an appalling cycle of revenge is set in motion. Led by a zealous sergeant, the Black and Tans set fire to the family home, and only young Willie and his mother escape alive. Fatherless, Willie grows into manhood while his alcoholic mother's bitter resentment festers. And though he finds love, Willie is unable to leave the terrible injuries of the past behind.

• First time in Penguin Classics

• Winner of the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award

William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork. He has written many novels, and has won many prizes including the Hawthornden Prize, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award, and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. His most recent novel Love and Summer was longlisted for the Booker Prize. He is also a renowned writer of short stories, and his two-volume Collected Stories was published by Viking Penguin in 2009. In 1999 William Trevor received the prestigious David Cohen Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime's literary achievement, and in 2002 he was knighted for his services to literature.

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ISBN 13	9780140120981
ISBN 10	014012098X
Title	Fools of Fortune
Author	Trevor William
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	1990-06-18
Number of pages	192
Prizes	Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Novel Category 1983
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