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Troubles
- Author
- J.G. Farrell
- Narrator
- Kevin Hely
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 31 May 2018
- Run Time
- 15 hours 44 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Major Brendan Archer travels to Ireland - to the Majestic Hotel and to the fiancée he acquired on a rash afternoon's leave three years ago. Despite her many letters, the lady herself proves elusive, and the Major's engagement is short-lived. But he is unable to detach himself from the alluring discomforts of the crumbling hotel. Ensconced in the dim and shabby splendour of the Palm Court, surrounded by gently decaying old ladies and proliferating cats, the Major passes the summer. So hypnotic are the faded charms of the Majestic, the Major is almost unaware of the gathering storm. But this is Ireland in 1919 - and the struggle for independence is about to explode with brutal force.
(p) Orion Publishing Group 2018
Critics Review
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A work of genius
Guardian
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One of the finest novels of the past 50 years
Mail on Sunday
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Funny, sad and beautifully written; prescient, wise, original and unexpectedly eccentric
Observer
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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
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Like Fawlty Towers written by Evelyn Waugh
Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival
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No finer work has ever been written about this transitional period in Irish history: it remains a landmark in 20th-century Irish literature, and one that deserves to win The One And Only Great Retrospective Booker
IRISH INDEPENDENT
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Farrell's vision and voice are unique, inimitable
John Banville
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Details
- Author
- J.G. Farrell
- Narrator
- Kevin Hely
- Duration
- 15 hours 44 minutes
- Release Date
- 31 May 2018
- ISBN
- 9781409178903
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Historical fiction
Synopsis
Winner of the 1970 lost Man Booker prize in 2010.Major Brendan Archer travels to Ireland - to the Majestic Hotel and to the fiancée he acquired on a rash afternoon's leave three years ago. Despite her many letters, the lady herself proves elusive, and the Major's engagement is short-lived. But he is unable to detach himself from the alluring discomforts of the crumbling hotel. Ensconced in the dim and shabby splendour of the Palm Court, surrounded by gently decaying old ladies and proliferating cats, the Major passes the summer. So hypnotic are the faded charms of the Majestic, the Major is almost unaware of the gathering storm. But this is Ireland in 1919 - and the struggle for independence is about to explode with brutal force.(p) Orion Publishing Group 2018
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