The Love Department

By William Trevor

Book Overview

Lady Dolores ran the offices of the Love Department, resolving the heartaches of the wives of Wimbledon. Now her protege was sent on a mission to learn the secrets of Septimus and to stop him in his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140031308
• ISBN13: 9780140031300
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.7" x 0.6" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

Recommended for Trevor, Waugh or DeVries readers

Those familiar only with Trevor's brilliant and haunting examinations of everyday worlds and lives may be as surprised as I was to uncover this early work. At first, you may be unsure that this is, indeed, Trevor; the droll humor, the bizarre story of equally offbeat characters, will perhaps make you think it is Evelyn Waugh in your hands. You will follow the adventures of a young man through the world of romance journalism, and marvel at the lack of Trevorian dimension in the people. But take heart. It is raw for the master, but it is fascinating to see the first threads of his later skill appear. And it's very, very funny.