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by William Trevor (Author), Conor Mullen (Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 7 hours and 35 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: AudioGO Ltd.
  • Audible Release Date: 27 April 2011
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004Z7TF82
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)

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Captain Gault has decided that his family must leave Lahardane. They are Protestants living in rural Cork, and the country is in turmoil. But eight-year-old Lucy can't bear to leave so she hatches a plan. It is then that the calamity happens.

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Captain Everard Gault wounded the boy in the right shoulder on the night of June the twenty-first, nineteen twenty-one. Read the first page
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
an Irish classic 21 Sep 2002
Format:Hardcover
It is 1921 in rural Cork. But life in their big old house is anything but tranquil for the Protestant Gault family. In the midst of political turmoil, Captain Gault decides they must leave their house in Lahardane. But 8 year old Lucy has other ideas and makes her own plans. It is Lucy, then, who (rather like Bridget in Ian McEwan's 'Atonement')sets in train a sequence of events with devastating consequences for her family for many years to come. This is classic William Trevor. He writes simply, in an almost understated way, but very memorably, and evocatively. This book combines an intimate portrait of rural Ireland with a brilliant sense of tension, and the vulnerability of us all to the chance events of everyday life.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a ghost story, but the ghosts are not dead, they are only "playing at being dead".
In Ireland, in the summer of 1921, Anglo-Irish families are caught in the war between the IRA and the British Army and many of their big houses are being put on fire. Captain Gault and his wife Heloise decide to leave Ireland much to the distress of their eight-year-old daughter Lucy. She decides on a plan to force them to stay but her actions have disastrous, unforeseeable consequences.
The plot is so poignant I could hardly bear to read on but I had to find out what happens next.
William Trevor's writing is beautiful and subtle. There isn't a word out of place. The pace of the story is calm and mesmerising, almost dreamlike, but the desire to discover Lucy's fate will keep you reading into the night.
I agreed with every complimentary word of the blurbs on the cover.
This is a sublime novel, much better than Life of Pi which beat it for the Man Booker prize 2002. But life isn't fair as The Story of Lucy Gault epitomizes.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
A brilliant book 19 Sep 2002
Format:Hardcover
This was my first William Trevor book.Though I struggled at the very start of the book once it got going I could not put it down.The story of Lucy is sad but brilliantly told.Trevor has a gift,his writing style breathaking,his descriptions of characters and life remarkable.Though the book covers a long period of time the feeling of a changing world comes across brilliantly.I loved the 'old' Ireland at the start of the book and I feel that the sadness of a lost way of life came accross as well as the lonely and sad existance of Lucy.His characters all have burdens they carry heavily in life bringing home the hard realities that many of us face in our journey through life.
I loved this book for many reasons.It is different to anything I have read and Trevors style is sheer genius.You will follow Lucy through her troubled life and be left to ponder on what could or should have been if this tradgedy had happened in present day.Unmissable read this now !
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The work of a sadist
If I ever meet William Trevor I'll punch him. What he's put me through. I started crying on about page three, & carried on, on & off, for the rest of the book. Read more
Published 2 months ago by A. C. Young
The story of Lucy gault.
Realy enjoyed this book. Wanted to keep reading to find out what happened, very intriguing, sad, frustrating but fascinating. Would recommended it.
Published 3 months ago by Shazza
A moving tale
The Story Of Lucy Gault was shortlisted for The Booker Prize in 2002, which was won by 'Life Of Pi' by Yann Martel. Personally, I infinitely prefer this book. Read more
Published 3 months ago by R. A. Davison
Inoffensive
One of those inoffensive books that kind of slips off your consciousness and leaves no trace. A good scenario, but there's a growing sense of desperation for the remain three... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Frootle
Well written, but , well, just a little dull and depressing
It was well written and beautifully descrptive. Readable even. However, the plot was a bit unbelievable and I didn't really bond with the characters. Read more
Published 10 months ago by J. Grigg
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I was dying to read this story after attending a lecture about the book. It was an excellent read. The book arrived from Amazon in good condition and promptly.
Published 11 months ago by Teresa Molloy
Fate and Nostalgia in Rural Cork
This book has a compelling opening with vivid descriptions of the landscape and rural life on the coast in 1920s Cork - we see the sharp contrasts between the Catholic poor and the... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Antenna
The Story of Lucy Gault
This book is beautifully written and you can feel the tension and fear running deep in the troubles with the family's neighbours and when Lucy runs away. Read more
Published 20 months ago by E. Sherriff
A problem of loving
This is a moving tale by a master story teller. William Trevor takes his time in unfolding the sad sequence of events; a deliberate device to reflect the slow pace of Irish country... Read more
Published 22 months ago by David Culpin
A curtailed life
In the years between the two World Wars Ireland seethed with unrest. Rich Protestant houses were burnt out and families fled. Read more
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