This prize winning story of Major Brendan, who following his return to Ireland from WW1 front line, returns to the Majestic Hotel in search of the woman he had proposed too several years earlier whilst on leave. Despite having received many love letters his sweetheart seems to have done a disappearing act, and Brendan therefore struggles to rekindle his amour with her, instead finding himself captivated by a new love; the rustic charm of the Majestic Hotel itself. Major Brendan finds life so captivating in the hotel that he loses connection with the world outside it, and it is 1919 in Ireland and a revolution is commencing. JG Farrell has written an intelligent, humorous and eccentric narrative, that is credible, plausible and of such genius, it is clearly apparent why this book should
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