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In this final collection of ten exquisite, perceptive and profound stories, William Trevor probes into the depths of the human spirit. Here we encounter a tutor and his pupil, whose lives are thrown into turmoil when they meet again years later; a young girl who discovers the mother she belie...

In this final collection of ten exquisite, perceptive and profound stories, William Trevor probes into the depths of the human spirit. Here we encounter a tutor and his pupil, whose lives are thrown into turmoil when they meet again years later; a young girl who discovers the mother she belie...

Carriglas is the island estate off County Cork where Sarah goes to live as governess to her wealthy cousins on the eve of WWI. Helplessly, she watches her cousins lead increasingly isolated and empty lives as if punishing themselves for a past crime. Yet somewhere in Carriglas there are secrets w...

Set in a provincial Irish town against the backdrop of the Second World War, 'Nights at the Alexandra' is a masterpiece of short fiction. Tracing the reminiscences of a fifty-eight-year-old Irish cinema owner named Harry, the story recounts the years during Harry's adolescence when he forges an u...

What was the tragedy that turned O'Neill's hotel from plush establishment into a dingy house of disrepute? Ivy Eckdorf is determined to find out. A professional photographer, she has come to Dublin convinced that a tragic and beautiful tale lies behind the facade of this crumbling hotel. The agin...

From the offices of her Love Department, Lady Dolores cures the heartaches of the lonely wives of Wimbledon with inimitable flourish and finesse. When her newest protegé, the somewhat naïve Edward Blakeston-Smith, is sent on a mission to learn the secrets of seductive, scheming Septimus Tuam an...

William Bird has always taken in boarders who are on the fringes of society: the petty conman, the immigrant who's never been able to fit in, the blustering officer who really doesn't know what's what, and the just plain lonely. He's built a unique place with a unique atmosphere. But then he re...

A group of septuagenarians revive schoolboy conflicts in the election of the President of the Old Boys Association. Jaraby expects to get the job, but he reckons without the bitterness of Nox, who still remembers the humiliations of his school years. And when Jaraby's son gets into trouble with t...

A small, pretty seaside town is harshly exposed by a young boy's curiosity. His prurient interest, oddly motivated, leaves few people unaffected - and the consequences cannot be ignored.

The extraordinary story of Odo, the warrior bishop who commissioned the Bayeux Tapestry.

When an informer's body is found on the Quintons' estate shortly after the First World War, the Black and Tans torch their home, and only Willie and his mother escape. Willie grows up but seems unable to forget the terrible injuries of the past.

When Felicia takes off in search of the father of her child, this novel takes a surprising turn as she is submerged into the modern English urban landscape, encountering both the kindness and the cruelty of strangers.

It is summer & a stranger has come to Rathmoye. He is noticed by Ellie, the young convent girl, who is married to Dillahan, a farmer still mourning his first wife. Over the long & warm days, Ellie & the stranger form an illicit attachment.

It's the late 1950s and nothing much is happening in Rathmoye. So it doesn't go unnoticed when a dark-haired stranger appears on his bicycle and begins photographing the mourners at Mrs Connulty's funeral.

When Felicia takes off in search of the father of her child, this novel takes a surprising turn as she is submerged into the modern English urban landscape, encountering both the kindness and the cruelty of strangers.

It is summer and a stranger has come to quiet Rathmoye. He is noticed by Ellie, the young convent girl, who is married to Dillahan, a farmer still mourning his first wife. Over the long and warm days, Ellie and the stranger form an illicit attachment. Those in the town can only watch as passion, ...

Tender, touching and beautifully humane, this collection of short stories explores the subject of adultery, and tells of secret passions, domestic infidelities, office romances and the broken and unbroken rules of love.

Captain Gault has decided that his family must leave Lahardane. They are Protestants living in rural Cork, and the country is in turmoil. But 8 year old Lucy can't bear to leave so she hatches a plan. It is then that the calamity happens.

Captain Gault has decided that his family must leave Lahardane. They are Protestants living in rural Cork, and the country is in turmoil. But 8 year old Lucy can't bear to leave so she hatches a plan. It is then that the calamity happens.