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The Boarding House

William Trevor

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English
Penguin
02 January 2015
William Bird leaves his boarding house to two of his tenants - those he hopes will cause most havoc

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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 realizes he's dying, and he decides to leave the place to the two tenants likely to cause the greatest amount of trouble, and the whole enterprise goes up in smoke. William Trevor's dark comedy, reminiscent of Evelyn Waugh and Muriel Spark, was his second novel.
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Imprint:   Penguin
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 17mm
Weight:   191g
ISBN:   9780241969274
ISBN 10:   0241969271
Pages:   272
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork. He has written many novels, including The Children of Dynmouth, Felicia's Journey and The Story of Lucy Gault, 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 known as one of the world's greatest short story writers. He now lives in Devon.

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