What tragedy turned O'Neill's hotel from a plush establishment into a dingy house of disrepute? William Trevor sends Mrs Eckdorf to investigate.
William Trevor
William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, Ireland. He wrote many novels, and was a renowned writer of short stories.
His novels won numerous awards, including the Hawthornden Prize and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. Four of his novels have been nominated for the Booker Prize. His two-volume Collected Stories was published by Viking Penguin in 2009. In 1999 William Trevor received the prestigious David Cohen Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime’s literary achievement, and in 2002 he was knighted for his services to literature.
All nominated books
A lonely teenager becomes a sinister presence in a small English coastal town in this compelling character study from William Trevor.
An Irish country girl marries in haste, but finds an escape from her loveless marriage in William Trevor’s haunting and evocative tale.
William Trevor’s haunting story of loss and hope captures the atmosphere of a country in turmoil and the heart-rending emotions of a family torn apart.
William Trevor relates the events of one long summer, when a dangerously reckless attachment evokes a storm of passion in a small Irish town.
