WINNER OF THE 1970 BOOKER PRIZEAnd so at the Majestic everything returned to the way it had been before. The gleaming tiles became dulled. Sofas as sleek as prize cattle lost their glow. 1919, the Majestic Hotel in Kinalough, Ireland. Haunted war veteran Major Brendan Archer arrives to marry Angela Spencer, daughter of the house. But his fiance is strangely altered, and her familys fortunes have suffered a spectacular decline. The hotels hundreds of rooms are disintegrating its few remaining guests thrive on rumours and games of whist herds of cats have taken over the Imperial Bar bamboo shoots threaten the foundations and piglets frolic in the squash court. And outside the order of the British Empire totters, as the violence of the troubles mounts. A work of genius Guardian

Binding: Paperback;464 pages; Publisher: Hachette UK Distribution; Classification: FA; Weight: 444 g; Dimensions: 128 x 197 x 31

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