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Fools of Fortune (Penguin Classics)

By William Trevor , Francine Prose

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Classics
Year
2006
ISBN
0143039628, 9780143039624
LCC
PR6070.R4 F6 2006
Open Library ID
OL3432343M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
194 kB (198714 bytes)
Pages
224\0
Time added
2012-03-15 21:19:31

Description

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

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