Critical Praise

• Man Booker Prize for Fiction: Shortlist 2002 • New York Times Notable Book 2002

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"Beautifully drawn and revelatory."

——Harper's Magazine

"The Story of Lucy Gault...once read, will never be forgotten."

——The Washington Post Book World

"One of Trevor's finest works...Few living writers are capable of such mournful depth as William Trevor, and here he has given us an evensong to time itself."

——The Boston Globe

"Mr. Trevor's pure observation and transparent prose should shame other writers."

——New York Sun