Nights At The Alexandra

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Nights at the Alexandra by William Trevor
- a classic early novel by one of the world`s greatest writers. A brief encounter in wartime Ireland
- the memory of which lasts a lifetime. In a small town in Ireland middle-aged Harry looks back on his wartime adolescence when he fetched & carried for the beautiful young English woman who had taken over the big stone house with her much older German husb&. But Frau Messinger`s health is failing, & her husband decides to build a cinema in the town to honour her. Harry will work in it; one day he will own it; & he will always remain captive to the memory of the beguiling young woman who arrived suddenly from abroad & lit up his drab provincial life. William Trevor`s gift of understanding the poignancy in apparently small lives is beautifully realized in this short novel. ` Perfect in its making & its length` The Times ` Certainly lingers in the mind. I am prepared to bet that I will still remember it in a year`s time, which is a test of genuine excellence` Harriet Waugh, Spectator William Trevor was born in Ireland in 1928 & educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He is regarded as one of the greatest short story writers in English, & has also written many award-winning novels, most recently The Story of Lucy Gault & Love & Summer. For many years he has lived in Devon.