Troubles

By: J.G. Farrell

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Paperback | 30 November 2021 | Edition Number 1

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WINNER OF THE 1970 BOOKER PRIZE

'And so at the Majestic everything returned to the way it had been before. The gleaming tiles became dulled. Sofas as sleek as prize cattle lost their glow.'

1919, the Majestic Hotel in Kinalough, Ireland. Haunted war veteran Major Brendan Archer arrives to marry Angela Spencer, daughter of the house. But his fiancee is strangely altered, and her family's fortunes have suffered a spectacular decline.

The hotel's hundreds of rooms are disintegrating; its few remaining guests thrive on rumours and games of whist; herds of cats have taken over the Imperial Bar; bamboo shoots threaten the foundations; and piglets frolic in the squash court. And outside the order of the British Empire totters, as the violence of 'the troubles' mounts.

'A work of genius' Guardian

Industry Reviews

Farrell's vision and voice are unique, inimitable

A work of genius - Guardian

One of the finest novels of the past 50 years - Mail on Sunday

Troubles has everything: great story, compelling characters, believable dialogue and big ideas. It's a book good enough to win the Booker in any year. Not just 1970. - GUARDIAN

Like Fawlty Towers written by Evelyn Waugh - Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival, 2010

No finer work has ever been written about this transitional period in Irish history: it remains a landmark in 20th-century Irish literature - IRISH INDEPENDENT

A work of genius - Guardian

One of the finest novels of the past 50 years - Mail on Sunday

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