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William Trevor
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Book Agent:
Marcella Edwards
Dramatic Rights:
Jessica Cooper
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William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork in 1928, and spent his childhood in provincial Ireland. He attended a number of Irish schools and later Trinity College, Dublin. He is a member of the Irish Academy of Letters. Among his book are THE OLD BOYS (1964) winner of the Hawthornden Prize. THE CHILDREN OF DYMOUTH (1976) winner of the Whitbread Award, THE NEWS FROM IRELAND (1986). THE SILENCE IN THE GARDEN (1989) winner of the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award and TWO LIVES (1991 comprising Reading Turgenev and My House in Umbria.) FELICIA'S JOURNEY won the 1994 Whitbread Book of the Year Award and the Sunday Express Book of the Year Award. In 1977 William Trevor was awarded an honorary CBE in recognition of his services to literature. In 1999 he received the prestigious David Cohen British Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime's literary achievements. |
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BODILY SECRETS |
PENGUIN PRESS (2 Aug 07) |
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Five short stories for the Penguin Great Loves Series. |
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ISBN: 978 0 14 103323 5 |
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CHEATING AT CANASTA |
PENGUIN PRESS (5 Jul 07) |
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New collection of short stories. |
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A BIT ON THE SIDE |
PENGUIN (6 May 04) |
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William Trevor has written many novels, including THE OLD BOYS, winner of the Hawthornden Prize; THE CHILDREN OF DYNMOUTH and FOOLS OF FORTUNE, both winners of the Whitbread Fiction Award; THE SILENCE IN THE GARDEN, winner of the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award; TWO LIVES, which was shortlisted for the Sunday Express Book of the Year Award and includes the Booker-shortlisted READING TURGENEV; FELICIA`S JOURNEY, which won both the Whitbread Book of the Year and the Sunday Express Book of the Year Awards; DEATH IN SUMMER; and most recently, THE STORY OF LUCY GAULT, which was shortlisted for both the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread Fiction Award. A celebrated short story writer, his most recent collection is THE HILL BACHELORS, which won the Macmillan Silver Pen Award and the Irish Times Literature Prize. Most of his books are published in Penguin including his COLLECTED STORIES. |
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ISBN: 0 670 91507 6 |
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THE STORY OF LUCY GAULT |
PENGUIN (28 Aug 02) |
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It is the sumer of 1921 and 8-year-old Lucy stays close to the glens and woods about Lahardane - the much loved house that her family is being forced to abandon. She knows that danger threatens and the Gaults are no longer welcome in Ireland. Lucy, is headstrong and decides that somehow she must force her parents into staying. But the path she chooses ends in disaster. One chance event, unwanted and unexpected, will blight the lives of the Gaults for years to come and bind each of them in different ways to this one moment in time, to this beautiful stretch of coast... |
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ISBN: 0 141 01043 6 |
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THE HILL BACHELORS |
PENGUIN (5 Jul 01) |
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DEATH IN SUMMER |
PENGUIN (3 Sep 98) |
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AFTER RAIN |
PENGUIN (3 Oct 96) |
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COCKTAILS AT DONEY'S & OTHER STORIES |
BLOOMSBURY (19 Sep 96) |
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IRELAND: SELECTED STORIES |
PENGUIN (23 Feb 95) |
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FELICIA'S JOURNEY |
PENGUIN (25 Aug 94) |
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Whitbread Book of the Year Award 1994 | |
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EXCURSIONS IN THE REAL WORLD |
HUTCHINSON (19 Aug 93) |
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COMPLETE SHORT STORIES |
VIKING (29 Oct 92) |
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JULIET'S STORY |
RANDOM HOUSE, US (3 Sep 92) |
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TWO LIVES |
PENGUIN (30 May 91) |
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FAMILY SINS |
RANDOM HOUSE, US (25 Jan 90) |
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IRISH SHORT STORIES |
OUP (25 May 89) |
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THE SILENCE IN THE GARDEN |
RANDOM HOUSE, US (2 Jun 88) |
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Yorkshire Post Book of the Year award | |
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NIGHTS AT THE ALEXANDRA |
HUTCHINSON (11 Sep 87) |
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THE NEWS FROM IRELAND |
RANDOM HOUSE, US (20 Mar 86) |
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FOOLS OF FORTUNE |
PENGUIN (30 Aug 84) |
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A WRITER'S IRELAND |
THAMES & HUDSON (26 Mar 84) |
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BEYOND THE PALE |
PENGUIN (1 Oct 82) |
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OTHER PEOPLE'S WORLDS |
PENGUIN (28 Jan 82) |
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