What tragedy turned O'Neill's hotel from a plush establishment into a dingy house of disrepute? William Trevor sends Mrs Eckdorf to investigate.

A professional photographer comes to Dublin convinced that a tragic and beautiful tale lies behind the facade of a crumbling hotel. As Mrs Eckdorf investigates her wild theory, determined to uncover and photograph an imagined tragedy, the reader instead discovers a host of unique and vivid characters who frequent the hotel, as they reveal their real hopes, dreams and poignant disappointments to the elderly, deaf-mute owner.

Shortlisted
The Booker Prize 1970
Published by
Bodley Head
Publication date
William Trevor

William Trevor

About the Author

William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, Ireland. He wrote many novels, and was a renowned writer of short stories.
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Other nominated books by William Trevor

Love and Summer
The Story of Lucy Gault
Reading Turgenev
The Children of Dynmouth