Fools of Fortune
Fools of Fortune by William Trevor - a classic early novel from one of the world's greatest writersWinner of the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel of the YearMurder and revenge during the Irish Civil WarThe Quintons have lived in the old house in Cork for hundreds of years. Though Anglo-Irish Protestant, they sympathize with the cause of independence and secretly fund Michael Collins' fighters. But one of their workers is an informer to the British, and when he's murdered on their land, though they know nothing of it, the Black and Tans come seeking revenge.Till now young Willy Quinton has led a pleasant, cosseted life. But the murder of his fat…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-241-96950-2
- EAN: 9780241969502
- Produktnummer: 17832346
- Verlag: Penguin
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 584 KB
Über den Autor
William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork. He has written many novels, and has won many prizes including the Hawthornden Prize, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award, and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. His most recent novel Love and Summer was longlisted for the Booker Prize. He is also a renowned writer of short stories, and his two-volume Collected Stories was published by Viking Penguin in 2009. In 1999 William Trevor received the prestigious David Cohen Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime's literary achievement, and in 2002 he was knighted for his services to literature.
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