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What tragedy turned O'Neill's hotel from a plush establishment into a dingy house of disrepute? William Trevor sends Mrs Eckdorf to investigate. “A small work of art [that] reaches antic heights” (The New York Times).A professional photographer comes to Dublin convinced that a tragic and beautiful tale lies behind the facade of a crumbling hotel. As Mrs Eckdorf investigates her wild theory, determined to uncover and photograph an imagined tragedy, the reader instead discovers a host of unique and vivid characters who frequent the hotel, as they reveal their real hopes, dreams and poignant disappointments to the elderly, deaf-mute owner.“An astounding richness of pathos, humour and tragedy.” — Francis King"Mr Trevor beams in his morality tale this time through a corrosive, middle-aged female photographer among some three-penny urban misfits in Dublin... Not Trevor's best—there's just not enough leaven for the lunatic vision—but it's a full house of believable, likable rogues and rabble, with an unexpected joker." - Kirkus ReviewsWilliam Trevor wrote many novels and was a renowned writer of short stories. His novels won numerous awards, including the Hawthornden Prize and the Wh

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Author

William Trevor

Publisher

Open Road International Media

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781504058117

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.67 / 5 (79 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14