Troubles

"There were over 3,500 people killed during what we call the Troubles and there are hundreds of unsolved cases right across the province, yet we see hundreds of millions of pounds spent investigating less than two dozen of those deaths."

The Times of India 2010

Troubles is set in a crumbling Irish hotel, but we didn't realize until leafing through the recently released J.G. Farrell in His Own Words, that Farrell worked on the book while visiting the US and that one of the inspirations for Troubles's troubled Majestic Hotel was located on Block Island, off the coast of New Hampshire Rhode Island:

40 years after publication, J.G. Farrell's Troubles wins the "Lost" Man Booker Prize 2010

She recently sent out a letter to spread word that Farrell's novel Troubles is one of six books shortlisted for the Lost Booker Prize of 1970.

Authors and others 2010

Baker just died -- far too soon -- and it's published by Tor, a division of Macmillan (which has had Certain Troubles with part of its distribution chain lately).

Simple Meme: What Book Are You Reading Now? 2010

Troubles is set in a crumbling Irish hotel, but we didn't realize until leafing through the recently released J.G. Farrell in His Own Words, that Farrell worked on the book while visiting the US and that one of the inspirations for Troubles's troubled Majestic Hotel was located on Block Island, off the coast of New Hampshire Rhode Island:

A Different Stripe: 2010

Farrell always manages to be much funnier and stranger than you expect, but there's an affectionate core in Troubles that really caught me by surprise.

The "Lost Booker" and J.G. Farrell 2010

She recently sent out a letter to spread word that Farrell's novel Troubles is one of six books shortlisted for the Lost Booker Prize of 1970.

The "Lost Booker" and J.G. Farrell 2010

She recently sent out a letter to spread word that Farrell's novel Troubles is one of six books shortlisted for the Lost Booker Prize of 1970.

Awards and honors 2010

Troubles is set in a crumbling Irish hotel, but we didn't realize until leafing through the recently released J.G. Farrell in His Own Words, that Farrell worked on the book while visiting the US and that one of the inspirations for Troubles's troubled Majestic Hotel was located on Block Island, off the coast of New Hampshire Rhode Island:

Awards and honors 2010

She recently sent out a letter to spread word that Farrell's novel Troubles is one of six books shortlisted for the Lost Booker Prize of 1970.

A Different Stripe: 2010