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Author: Brian Freemantle Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 1453226575 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 294
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DIVOn the eve of a vital CIA assignment, an agent’s hesitation leads him to the brink of disaster /divDIV/divDIVHis grandfather was a lawman too. That’s how Charles O’Farrell rationalizes his work. He keeps a picture of his ancestor by his bed, a faded sepia portrait of a short, plain-looking man made remarkable only by the long-barreled Colt strapped to his hip. His grandfather killed to make the frontier safe—O’Farrell has the faded newspaper clippings to prove it. In the service of America, O’Farrell kills too. But his killings never make the front page./divDIV /divDIVA trained CIA assassin, O’Farrell lives like a machine, operating according to a perfect routine because routine keeps him sharp. Routine keeps killers from getting killed. But now, as he readies his next hit, a terrible twist will disrupt his once meticulous process. Doubt has begun to creep into Charles O’Farrell’s mind, and in a business where even the smallest hesitation can spell certain death, doubt is very dangerous indeed./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Brian Freemantle including rare photos from the author’s personal collection./div
Author: J.G. Farrell Publisher: New York Review of Books ISBN: 1590174763 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 921
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The Empire Trilogy--consisting of the Lost Booker Prize-winning Troubles, the Booker Prize-winning The Siege of Krishnapur,and The Singapore Grip--is Farrell's re-examination of the legacy, and limits, of British imperial rule. The three volumes, connected by theme rather than character, and above all by their shared wit, brio, and daring, range in setting from the India of the Great Mutiny of 1857, to Ireland immediately after the Great War, to the besieged Singapore of World War II. Together the books constitute not only a spectacular entertainment but also an ambitious refashioning of the traditional historical novel to meet the tragic realities of the modern world. · The Siege of Krishnapur - India, 1857--the year of the Great Mutiny, when Muslim soldiers turned in bloody rebellion on their British overlords. This time of convulsion is the subject of J. G. Farrell's The Siege of Krishnapur, widely considered one of the finest British novels of the last fifty years.Farrell's story is set in an isolated Victorian outpost on the subcontinent. Rumors of strife filter in from afar, and yet the members of the colonial community remain confident of their military and, above all, moral superiority. But when they find themselves under actual siege, the true character of their dominion--at once brutal, blundering, and wistful--is soon revealed. · Troubles - 1919: After surviving the Great War, Major Brendan Archer makes his way to Ireland, hoping to discover whether he is indeed betrothed to Angela Spencer, whose Anglo-Irish family owns the once-aptly-named Majestic Hotel in Kilnalough. But his fiancée is strangely altered and her family's fortunes have suffered a spectacular decline. The hotel's hundreds of rooms are disintegrating on a grand scale; its few remaining guests thrive on rumors and games of whist; herds of cats have taken over the Imperial Bar and the upper stories; bamboo shoots threaten the foundations; and piglets frolic in the squash court. Meanwhile, the Major is captivated by the beautiful and bitter Sarah Devlin. As housekeeping disasters force him from room to room, outside the order of the British Empire also totters: there is unrest in the East, and in Ireland itself the mounting violence of "the troubles." · The Singapore Grip - Singapore, 1939: life on the eve of World War II just isn't what it used to be for Walter Blackett, head of British Singapore's oldest and most powerful firm. No matter how forcefully the police break one strike, the natives go on strike somewhere else. His daughter keeps entangling herself with the most unsuitable beaus, while her intended match, the son of Blackett's partner, is an idealistic sympathizer with the League of Nations and a vegetarian. Business may be booming--what with the war in Europe, the Allies are desperate for rubber and helpless to resist Blackett's price-fixing and market manipulation--but something is wrong. No one suspects that the world of the British Empire, of fixed boundaries between classes and nations, is about to come to a terrible end.
Author: Darren Farrell Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101641681 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 40
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When best friends Doug-Dennis and Ben-Bobby go to the circus, something terrible happens. Doug- Dennis eats all of his friend's popcorn, and then tells a fib (It wasn't me!), which grows and grows (Maybe monsters ate it!), carrying Doug-Dennis away. As the lie gets bigger, Doug-Dennis flies higher, until he's floating in a land of lies--some of them big, some small, and some just downright weird. Doug-Dennis misses his best friend, and realizes there's only one way to come back down: by finally telling the truth. Darren Farrell, a bright new talent in picture books, has created a cautionary tale that's chock-full of hilarity. This charming sheep is sure to become a favorite. (And that's the truth.)
Author: Jane Kelly Publisher: Blake Publishing ISBN: 9781844541713 Category : Motion picture actors and actresses Languages : en Pages : 0
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Colin Farrell is one of Hollywood’s A-list actors, but it’s not just his box-office success that he’s known for. Charming, quick-witted, and rebellious, the Irish lothario has filled a staggering number of column inches with his love of booze, women, and the LA party scene. The magnetic young actor first turned heads in the BBC television seriesBallykissangel,establishing himself as a talent to watch, and it wasn’t long before he was approached by the movie industry. He’s since gone on to garner film credits that include Joel Schumacher’sPhone Booth,Steven Spielberg’sMinority Report, andOliver Stone’sAlexander,and his star will no doubt continue to rise. This is his story.
Author: Ross Wasielke Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595225160 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 176
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Two years out of college, Farrell moves from a small town to New York City with hopes of finding a job, friendship and happiness. Soon after his arrival to the city he finds quite a bit more than he expected. Farrell rents a room from a retired actor who takes him under his wing and treats him like the son he never had. He quickly finds all that he hoped for. A search for his new partner's father creates a mystery that they must solve with the prowess of a young Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Through out his adventure, Farrell encounters a number of eccentric and often flamboyant characters. These funny, off-beat and often satirical encounters demonstrate that a young man still trying to discover himself can have fun and represent the best side that being "in the life" has to offer.
Author: Roland Barksdale-Hall Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 0738592307 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 130
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In 1912, Farrell took its name from James A. Farrell, president of US Steel at the time. Founded 11 years earlier as South Sharon, this lively 20th-century boomtown emerged from swamp and woodlands and was later hailed as "The Magic City." Ripley's Believe It or Not listed Farrell as having one of the highest numbers of churches and bars per capita. Nationalist churches, ethnic homes, and independent businesses rendered a cosmopolitan flavor. Southern and Eastern European emigrants, as well as Southern migrants, found a safe haven in Farrell, and across the country, Jewish people regarded the city as "The Pearl." By the 1950s, Farrell was a well-known sports title town, a producer of NFL standouts, and home of Sharon Steel, a major US steelmaker that was captured by artist Norman Rockwell. By the 1990s, spunky Farrell had its own library and hospital, had overcome mill closure, and was home of the Instant Urban League.
Author: John McLeod Publisher: Liverpool University Press ISBN: 0746309864 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 128
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J.G. Farrell's Empire Trilogy (1970-78) was one of the major achievements of post-war fiction and inspired new generation of writers keen to explore the legacy of the Empire and the emerging postcolonial spaces created in its wake. This new, invigorating and accessible study excitingly explores the substance and significance of the Empire Trilogy and assesses its damning and influential critique of British colonial rule. Rather than positioning him at the end of a tradition of nostalgic Empire writing, John McLeod shows how Farrell's novels attempt to satirise the perspectives of those who served the Empire and were caught up in its decline. McLeod also explores Farrell's intriguing early fiction, as well as his unfinished posthumously-published novel, and accounts for his changing critical legacy since his premature death in 1980, aged 44. This insightful study will stimulate both new and established readers of a much beloved and missed novelist.
Author: Ross Wasielke Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595310583 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 212
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Leaving the comfort and familiarity of his home in New York's Chelsea neighborhood, Farrell travels to London with his partner Tony for a six month business trip. Tony is there to direct a new musical stage production. Farrell accepts an internship in the most important kitchen in all of Great Britain. They live together in a superb flat complete with a stodgy, and very proper, British butler. While living and working in London, Farrell and Tony meet a number of celebrities who reveal their more personal nature. These encounters include meeting a few members of The Royal Family. Farrell also finds a rather perplexing mystery to solve when he discovers that there is a young man in London that looks exactly like him. As in the first two novels, Farrell and Farrell, Inc., this third installment in the series once again demonstrates the positive side of being "in the life," while at the same time providing some marvelously entertaining and humorous adventures.
Author: Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand ISBN: 936142405X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 256
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"Foe-Farrell" is an ancient adventure story created through Arthur Thomas Quiller Couch. The tale takes region in the 17th century, all through the English Civil War. Quiller Couch's vibrant descriptions carry the historic placing to existence, taking readers to the points of interest and sounds of seventeenth-century England. This book falls into the fiction humor style. The paintings discover topics of loyalty, honor, and atonement in the context of warfare. Foe-Farrell turns into worried inside the fight among royalists and parliamentarians. Foe-Farrell is a multidimensional guy or girl who grapples together with his personal ethical quandaries as he navigates the dangerous political panorama. "Double9 Books" generates a various selection of books throughout all classes. Foe-Farrell is an engaging book for fanatics of historical fiction and journey literature, thanks to Quiller-Couch's first-rate narrative and good sized historic studies.
Author: Ronald Binns Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1040144810 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 124
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When it was originally published in 1986, this book was the first full-length study of Farrell’s fiction. Ronald Binns provides a comprehensive account of the development of this idiosyncratic Anglo-Irish novelist’s career. Farrell’s Empire trilogy was one of the most ambitious literary projects of the 20th Century and Binns examines in detail its component parts – Troubles, The Siege of Krishnapur and The Singapore Grip – showing their structural links and discussing Farrell’s use both of historical materials and of parody, pastiche and symbol in his ironic vision of the end of the empire.
Author: Elaine Canning Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1350325023 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 121
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Bringing together cultural analysis and textual readings on critically-acclaimed bestseller and winner of the prestigious Women's Prize for Fiction, Maggie O'Farrell, this collection covers her nine novels, her memoir I Am, I Am, I Am, two children's books and features an exclusive interview with the author herself. The first full-length study of O'Farrell's work, this book offers critical explorations from her earliest works to the award-winning Hamnet and most recent best-selling novel, The Marriage Portrait. With a timeline of her life and works, as well as suggested further reading, the themes explored include grief and sacrifice, longing and belonging, trauma, translation, palimpsestic texts and the relation of her work to history and the female domestic gothic.
Author: Brian Freemantle
Author: J.G. Farrell
Author: Darren Farrell
Author: Jane Kelly
Author: Ross Wasielke
Author: Roland Barksdale-Hall
Author: John McLeod
Author: Ross Wasielke
Author: Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Author: Ronald Binns
Author: Elaine Canning