The Story of Lucy Gault

Praise for William Trevor

“Often spoken of in the same breath as Joyce and Chekov, Trevor shares both writers’ subtlety and, like them, is able to create distinct and mysterious worlds.”

—National Post

“One of the greatest writers alive.”

—The Chronicle-Herald (Halifax)

“The greatest living writer in English is an Anglo-Irishman named William Trevor.… It might seem presumptuous to speak about Trevor in Shakespearean terms, but he is among the few contemporary writers who warrant the comparison.… [He is] the reigning lion of fiction in English.”

—The Globe and Mail

“An extraordinary mellifluous writer, seemingly incapable of composing an ungraceful sentence.”

—The New York Times Book Review

“One of the pre-eminent writers of his generation. He is arguably the finest story writer from the era that may have seen the form reach its apex.… Trevor’s stories always seem effortless … but their easy grace belies an incredible amount of writerly craft.”

—Toronto Star

“[Trevor] is more worth reading than practically any other novelist now writing in English.”

—The Guardian (U.K.)

“One of the very best writers of our era.”

—The Washington Post Book World