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Troubles

Von: J. G. Farrell
Gesprochen von: Kevin Hely
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Winner of the 1970 Lost Man Booker prize in 2010.

Major Brendan Archer travels to Ireland - to the Majestic Hotel and to the fiancée he acquired on a rash afternoon's leave three years ago. Despite her many letters, the lady herself proves elusive, and the Major's engagement is short-lived. But he is unable to detach himself from the alluring discomforts of the crumbling hotel.

Ensconced in the dim and shabby splendour of the Palm Court, surrounded by gently decaying old ladies and proliferating cats, the Major passes the summer. So hypnotic are the faded charms of the Majestic, the Major is almost unaware of the gathering storm. But this is Ireland in 1919 - and the struggle for independence is about to explode with brutal force.

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Excellently read, this narrative of the decline of a once-splendid hotel and its eccentric and even slightly mad occupants reveals something of the empire mentality which may help to explain the revivalist mentality of those who imagine a glorious future for Great Britain outside of the EU.

The crumbling of empire

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