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Troubles (Flamingo S.) by James Gordon Farrell is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"1919: After surviving the Great War, Major Brendan Archer makes his way to Ireland, hoping to discover whether he is indeed betrothed to Angela Spencer, whose Anglo-Irish family owns the once-aptly-named Majestic Hotel in Kilnalough. But his fiance;e is strangely altered and her family's fortunes have suffered a spectacular decline. The hotel's hundreds of rooms are disintegrating on a grand scale; its few remaining guests thrive on rumors and games of whist; herds of cats have taken over the Imperial Bar and the upper stories; bamboo shoots threaten the foundations; and piglets frolic in the squash court. Meanwhile, the Major is captivated by the beautiful and bitter Sarah Devlin. As housekeeping disasters force him from room to room, outside the order of the British Empire also totters: there is unrest in the East, and in Ireland itself the mounting violence of 'the troubles.' Troubles is a hilarious and heartbreaking work by a modern master of the historical novel"--Publisher description.

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
James Gordon Farrell
Publisher
Fontana Paperbacks
Published
1984
Language
EN
ISBN
9780006540465
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Children'S, Fiction
Rating
3.78 / 5 (8 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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