Trevor, William (Pseudonym of William Trevor Cox) (Vol. 7) - Trevor, William (Pseudonym of William Trevor Cox) 1928–
Trevor, William (Pseudonym of William Trevor Cox) 1928–
Trevor is an Irish-born novelist, short story writer, and playwright now living in England. His special talent is displayed in his precisely styled studies of character. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 9-12, rev. ed.)
William Trevor is one of the most accomplished of those recent British writers who see life as a "farce in a vale of tears."…
The originality of The Old Boys is tonal. Based on the paradox that old people, instead of losing their grasp, become childlike but desperately knowledgeable about those things which matter—power, hatred, loneliness, the failure of love—it registers sharp impressions through fastidious understatement….
There is no fat on The Old Boys…. Within its carefully articulated limits, Trevor's novel is a morbid comedy of manners, gaiety mixed with dread in exact proportions. Then, too, it may well be the last word...
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