Troubles
by J. G. Farrell | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1590170180 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1590170180 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Jengif of Greenville, North Carolina USA on 6/12/2004
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I picked this up at the Sherwood Hall Regional Library's book sale because it looked interesting.
1919: After surviving the Great War, Major Brendan Archer makes his way to Ireland, hoping to discover whether he is indeed betrothed to Angela Spencer, whose Anglo-Irish family owns the once aptly-named Majestic Hotel in Kilnalough. But his fiancee is strangely altered and her family's fortunes have suffered a spectacular decline. The hotel's hundreds of rooms are disintegrating on a grand scale; its few remaining guests thrive on rumors and games of whist; herds of cats have taken over the Imperial Bar and the upper stories; bamboo shoots threaten the foundations; and piglets frolic in the squash court. Meanwhile, the Major is captivated by the beautiful and bitter Sarah Devlin. As housekeeping disasters force him from room to room, outside the order of the British Empire also totters; there is unrest in the East, and in Ireland itself the mounting violence of "the troubles."
1919: After surviving the Great War, Major Brendan Archer makes his way to Ireland, hoping to discover whether he is indeed betrothed to Angela Spencer, whose Anglo-Irish family owns the once aptly-named Majestic Hotel in Kilnalough. But his fiancee is strangely altered and her family's fortunes have suffered a spectacular decline. The hotel's hundreds of rooms are disintegrating on a grand scale; its few remaining guests thrive on rumors and games of whist; herds of cats have taken over the Imperial Bar and the upper stories; bamboo shoots threaten the foundations; and piglets frolic in the squash court. Meanwhile, the Major is captivated by the beautiful and bitter Sarah Devlin. As housekeeping disasters force him from room to room, outside the order of the British Empire also totters; there is unrest in the East, and in Ireland itself the mounting violence of "the troubles."
Journal Entry 2 by Jengif at Panera Bread - Beacon Mall in Alexandria, Virginia USA on Tuesday, December 7, 2004
Released on Tuesday, December 07, 2004 at about 7:00:00 AM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at Panera Bread at 6670 Richmond Highway in Alexandria, Virginia USA.
RELEASE NOTES:
I sure had "Troubles" this morning. Traffic was so bad that I couldn't even get to the Metro. I gave up on the mass traffic jam, left a message for my boss that I'd be late, and went to the new Panera Bread at 6670 Richmond Highway. I left the book propped up in a front window at a table around 9 a.m.
I especially wanted to leave a book at this store because of the wonderful new OBCZs that are popping up at the Iowa Panera Breads: http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/PaneraBread-IA
RELEASE NOTES:
I sure had "Troubles" this morning. Traffic was so bad that I couldn't even get to the Metro. I gave up on the mass traffic jam, left a message for my boss that I'd be late, and went to the new Panera Bread at 6670 Richmond Highway. I left the book propped up in a front window at a table around 9 a.m.
I especially wanted to leave a book at this store because of the wonderful new OBCZs that are popping up at the Iowa Panera Breads: http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/PaneraBread-IA
