The Love Department by William Trevor - ISBN: 9780241969298
Paperback
Love, deception, and heartache collide in Wimbledon’s quirky world.
  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    2 January 2015

Summary

Edward Blakeston-Smith sets out to ensnare a conman in Wimbledon - a thief of the heart.

From the offices of her Love Department, Lady Dolores cures the heartaches of the lonely wives of Wimbledon with inimitable flourish and finesse. When her newest protege, the somewhat naive Edward Blakeston-Smith, is sent on a mission - to learn the secrets of seductive, scheming Septimus Tuam and stop him in his tracks - he learns all about love, its friends and enemies.

A dark comedy,

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241969298
ISBN-10:0241969298
Author:William Trevor
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:2 January 2015
Weight:191g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 17mm
Series:William Trevor Backlist Novels
About The Author

William Trevor

William Trevor was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork. He has written many novels, and has won many prizes including the Hawthornden Prize, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award, and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. His most recent novel Love and Summer was longlisted for the Booker Prize. He is also a renowned writer of short stories, and his two-volume Collected Stories was published by Viking Penguin in 2009. In 1999 William Trevor received the prestigious David Cohen Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime’s literary achievement, and in 2002 he was knighted for his services to literature.

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