Summary and Reviews of The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor

Media Reviews

Atlantic Monthly - Alice McDermott Beautiful and devastating.... Trevor once again captured the terrible beauty of Ireland's fate, and the fate of us all—at the mercy of history, circumstance, and the vicissitudes of time.

Harper's Magazine Beautifully drawn and revelatory.

New York Sun Mr. Trevor's pure observation and transparent prose should shame other writers.

The Boston Globe One of the finest writers now at work in our language…No writer practicing the form today moves with nimbler assurance than Trevor across such an impressive gamut of social types and emotional connections.

The New Yorker The tragedies that befall the Gaults are difficult to bear, because no one is clearly accountable. As the author delicately probes the nature of personal and political responsibility, the reader squirms with discomfort, longing for a scapegoat and yet aware of the implications of that longing.

The Washington Post Book World The Story of Lucy Gault.....once read, will never be forgotten.

Kirkus Reviews Starred Review. A beautiful story of history, grief, and forgiveness.

Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Trevor's deeply poetic sense of the Irish character and countryside, his magical evocation of the passing of time, have never been more eloquent.

Booklist - Brad Hooper This beautiful, haunting story of love and redemption rings with the resonance of a legend.

Library Journal - Diana McRae Trevor's smooth, spare prose captures the quirky workings of the heart, and compassion for the human condition mitigates the harsh blows that fate often deals his characters.