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Jan 1, 2001 · 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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Fools of Fortune is a 1990 Irish romantic drama film directed by Pat O'Connor and written by Michael Hirst based on the 1983 novel by Irish writer William Trevor. It depicts a Protestant family caught up in the conflict between the British Army and the IRA during the Irish War of Independence.
Oct 1, 1983 · A bunch of ever-so-mandarin college kids in a small Vermont school are the eager epigones of an aloof classics professor, and in their exclusivity and snobbishness and eagerness to please their teacher, they are moved to try to enact Dionysian frenzies in the woods.
Apr 25, 2006 · Fools of Fortune (Penguin Classics) Paperback – April 25, 2006. 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.
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Aug 5, 2023 · First published in 1983, Fools of Fortune won the Whitbread Prize (precursor to the Costa) in 1983. It is a mid-career novel that moves away from Trevor’s typically English setting to an Irish one. He substitutes black comedy for a more serious and sombre tone.
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.
Apr 25, 2006 · Fools of Fortune. Paperback – April 25 2006. 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.
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