Troubles by Farrell J G
Winner of the Lost Man Booker Prize, this darkly hilarious book about the Irish war for independence takes place in a crumbling hotel on Ireland's west coast, a place where madness and brutality have begun to reign.
1919: After surviving the Great War, Major Brendan Archer makes his way to Ireland, hoping to discover whether he is indeed betrothed to Angela Spencer, whose Anglo-Irish family owns the once-aptly-named Majestic Hotel in Kilnalough. But his fianc e is strangely altered and her family's fortunes have suffered a spectacular decline. The hotel's hundreds of rooms are disintegrating on a grand scale; its few remaining guests thrive on rumors and games of whist; herds of cats have taken over the Imperial Bar and the upper stories; bamboo shoots threaten the foundations; and piglets frolic in the squash court. Meanwhile, the Major is captivated by the beautiful and bitter Sarah Devlin. As housekeeping disasters force him from room to room, outside the order of the British Empire also totters: there is unrest in the East, and in Ireland itself the mounting violence of the troubles.Troubles is a hilarious and heartbreaking work by a modern master of the historical novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140039733 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140039732 |
| Title | Troubles |
| Author | Farrell J G |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1975-04-24 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Prizes | Winner of Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize 1971, Winner of Lost Man Booker Prize 1970/2010 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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