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24%OFFWilliam Trevor - The Story of Lucy Gault - 9780141044606 - 9780141044606
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The Story of Lucy Gault

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Description for The Story of Lucy Gault Paperback. Summer, 1921. Eight-year-old Lucy Gault clings to glens and woods above Lahardane - the home her family is being forced to abandon. She knows Gaults are no longer welcome in Ireland and that danger threatens. Lucy, however, is headstrong and decides that somehow she must force her parents into staying. But the path she chooses ends in disaster. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168.

Shortlisted for the 2002 Man Booker Prize

'A masterwork. I doubt that I have read a book as moving in at least a decade. A homage to the redemptive power of love' Independent

Summer, 1921. Eight-year-old Lucy Gault clings to the glens and woods above Lahardane - the home her family is being forced to abandon. She knows the Gaults are no longer welcome in Ireland and that danger threatens. Lucy, however, 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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141044606
SKU
9780141044606
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2

About William Trevor
William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork. He has written many novels, and has won many prizes including the Hawthornden Prize, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award, and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. His most recent novel Love and Summer was longlisted for the Booker Prize. He is also a renowned writer of short stories, ... Read more

Reviews for The Story of Lucy Gault
Gravely beautiful, subtle and haunting
Guardian
Astonishing, tender. A perfect novel
Sunday Telegraph
Stark yet tender, without a single false note. There will be only a handful of novels worth reading this year (or any year) . . . this book is certainly one
Literary Review
Flawless . . . not a ... Read more

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