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Jan 1, 2001 · First published in 1983, Fools of Fortune, by William Trevor, won the Whitbread Prize (precursor to the Costa) in 1983. The story, which spans the years 1918 to 1982, looks at the long-lasting and far-reaching impact of trauma on the Quinton family, who own a flour mill and live in a Big House, called Kilneagh, in County Cork.
Fools of Fortune is a 1990 Irish romantic drama film directed by Pat O'Connor and written by Michael Hirst based on the 1983 novel by Irish writer William Trevor. It depicts a Protestant family caught up in the conflict between the British Army and the IRA during the Irish War of Independence.
"Fools of Fortune" is a tragic tale that follows the lives of the Quinton family, an Anglo-Irish family living in Ireland, during the early 20th century. The family's fortune takes a turn for the worse after a devastating fire, believed to be an act of revenge by Irish nationalists, claims the lives of several family members.
Reading Fools of Fortune I couldn’t do away with the feeling that [a:Charles Dickens|239579|Charles Dickens|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1387078070p2/239579.jpg] had personally taught William Trevor the way he must write. William Trevor measures out misfortune for all his characters with a very generous hand. His scrupulous attitude ...
About Fools of Fortune. Penguin Classics is proud to welcome William Trevor—”Ireland’s answer to Chekhov” (The Boston Globe) and “one of the best writers of our era” (The Washington Post)—to our distinguished list of literary masters. In this award-winning novel, an informer’s body is found on the estate of a wealthy Irish ...
Aug 5, 2023 · Fools of Fortune is a quietly devasting but hugely mature novel in Trevor’s extensive oeuvre. The storytelling seems more reigned in, more gentle and nuanced, and less prone to exaggerate human behaviour than his earlier work.
Fools of Fortune. William Trevor. Penguin, Apr 25, 2006 - Fiction - 224 pages. Penguin Classics is proud to welcome William Trevor—"Ireland’s answer to Chekhov" ( The Boston Globe) and "one of...
