What a great writer William Trevor is! His prose is restrained and captures the unique patterns of a vanishing Irish culture. This may not be as good as "The Story of Lucy Gault," but Trevor always has a way of pulling at the reader's heart. The characters feel real; the …more setting in a fictional town in rural Ireland feels real; the pathos evokes in the reader is real. That seems always to be the case with Trevor. Read his books. (less)