Fools of Fortune by William Trevor - a classic early novel from one
of the world's greatest writers Winner of the Whitbread Prize for
Best Novel of the Year Murder and revenge during the Irish Civil
War The 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 father and
sisters by British soldiers brings him to a point when he can only
contemplate revenge himself. He sets off for Liverpool with hatred
in his heart. Will he survive? Will the cycle ever be broken? 'To
my mind William Trevor's best novel and a very fine one' Graham
Greene William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, in 1928.
He spent his childhood in Ireland and was educated at Trinity
College, Dublin, but has lived in England for many years. An
acknowledged master of the short-story form, he has also written
many highly acclaimed novels: he has won the Whitbread Fiction
Prize three times and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize four
times. His most recent novel was Love and Summer (Penguin, 2010).
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