Troubles – a darkly comic look at English decline and colonial arrogance

Troubles – a darkly comic look at English decline and colonial arrogance

A darkly comic tale of decay and denial, Troubles by J.G. Farrell follows a shell-shocked English major adrift in a crumbling Irish hotel after WWI. Lyrical, satirical and quietly devastating, it’s a Booker Prize winner that lingers long after the final page.

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