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- catalog abstract "The New Yorker has called William Trevor 'probably the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language.' Now, in Excursions in the Real World, he turns to non-fiction with a precise and poignant series of essays about people and places, fascinations and enthusiasms, that have remained snagged in his memory. Here are deeply personal memoirs of Trevor's childhood in south Ireland, in Cork and Kerry and Wexford, of his school and college life in Dublin, and. His early days in London. Extraordinary characters abound, from the bully of the Upper Fifth (whose specialty was pretending to brand smaller boys with a red-hot poker) to the shy and straitlaced wife of the Warden of St Columba's School, who turned out to have been, secretly, a turf expert; to Marchant Smith - 'one of the greatest copywriters of his time'- who inexplicably gave Trevor a job at Notley's, the London agency known as the 'nest of singing birds' for the. Number of aspiring poets it employed. Places - Persia in the early 1970s, a Swiss valley, Venice in November, New York and San Francisco, the Nire Valley in County Waterford - are no less skillfully and lovingly evoked. Affectionate, warmly perceived, often gently humorous, these excursions into memory convey the essence of William Trevor's world.".
- catalog contributor b5790096.
- catalog coverage "Ireland Social life and customs 20th century.".
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description "His early days in London. Extraordinary characters abound, from the bully of the Upper Fifth (whose specialty was pretending to brand smaller boys with a red-hot poker) to the shy and straitlaced wife of the Warden of St Columba's School, who turned out to have been, secretly, a turf expert; to Marchant Smith - 'one of the greatest copywriters of his time'- who inexplicably gave Trevor a job at Notley's, the London agency known as the 'nest of singing birds' for the.".
- catalog description "In County Cork -- The strand -- Kitty -- Field of battle -- Miss Quirke -- Bad trip -- The bull -- The warden's wife -- Mentors -- Long Stewart -- Alma Mater -- Visitors in Dublin -- Summer, 1952 -- Blockley, Gloucestershire -- A public house man -- Sarzy -- Assia -- Out of season -- To Persia in the old days -- New York, 1973 -- In search of Siri -- The Valle Verzasca -- Journey to suburbia -- Eldorado -- Extraordinary ladies -- In their own shadows -- Old fusty -- With Mr Links in Venice -- The Nire.".
- catalog description "Number of aspiring poets it employed. Places - Persia in the early 1970s, a Swiss valley, Venice in November, New York and San Francisco, the Nire Valley in County Waterford - are no less skillfully and lovingly evoked. Affectionate, warmly perceived, often gently humorous, these excursions into memory convey the essence of William Trevor's world.".
- catalog description "The New Yorker has called William Trevor 'probably the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language.' Now, in Excursions in the Real World, he turns to non-fiction with a precise and poignant series of essays about people and places, fascinations and enthusiasms, that have remained snagged in his memory. Here are deeply personal memoirs of Trevor's childhood in south Ireland, in Cork and Kerry and Wexford, of his school and college life in Dublin, and.".
- catalog extent "xv, 200 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Excursions in the real world.".
- catalog identifier "0679430296 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Excursions in the real world.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House,".
- catalog relation "Excursions in the real world.".
- catalog spatial "Ireland Social life and customs 20th century.".
- catalog subject "823/.912 B 20".
- catalog subject "Authors, Irish 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "PR6070.R4 Z473 1994".
- catalog subject "Trevor, William, 1928- Childhood and youth.".
- catalog tableOfContents "In County Cork -- The strand -- Kitty -- Field of battle -- Miss Quirke -- Bad trip -- The bull -- The warden's wife -- Mentors -- Long Stewart -- Alma Mater -- Visitors in Dublin -- Summer, 1952 -- Blockley, Gloucestershire -- A public house man -- Sarzy -- Assia -- Out of season -- To Persia in the old days -- New York, 1973 -- In search of Siri -- The Valle Verzasca -- Journey to suburbia -- Eldorado -- Extraordinary ladies -- In their own shadows -- Old fusty -- With Mr Links in Venice -- The Nire.".
- catalog title "Excursions in the real world : memoirs / William Trevor ; with illustrations by Lucy Willis.".
- catalog type "text".