Troubles (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: J. G. Farrell
- First Published: 1970
- Type of Work: Comic realism
- Time of Work: 1919-1921
- Setting: Ireland
- Principal Characters: Brendan Archer, Angela Spencer, Edward Spencer, Ripon Spencer, Sarah Devlin, Evans, Murphy
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Politics, Love or romance, Social issues, 1910’s, 1920’s, Poverty or poor people, Cats, Death or dying, Hotels, motels, or inns, Symbolism, Terrorism or terrorists, Ireland or Irish people, Peasantry or peasants, Insurgency
- Locales: Ireland
The Novel
The setting of Troubles is a dilapidated hotel on the Irish Sea, owned by a fierce Anglo-Irishman, Edward Spencer, who has neither the money nor the will to repair the rambling, rotting, three-hundred-room structure. The inhabitants of the hotel, his daughter Angela Spencer, his son, his young twins, a group of elderly ladies, and an ever-increasing horde of cats, are so preoccupied with their own survival in the collapsing building that they are only incidentally aware of the collapse of English rule in Ireland, which is to conclude with the establishment of...
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