James Gordon Farrell

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For the American novelist, see James T. Farrell.

James Gordon Farrell (23 January 1935— 11 August or 12 August 1979) more usually known as J.G. Farrell was an Irish and British writer of historical novels. His most famous novels are his Empire Trilogy (Troubles, The Siege of Krishnapur and The Singapore Grip), which all deal with attacks against British colonial rule. The Siege of Krishnapur won the 1973 Booker Prize. Farrell died in 1979 while fishing; a freak wave, the result of the same storm which killed 17 people in the 1979 Fastnet race disaster, washed him out to sea. He was buried in the cemetery of St. James's Church [1] in Durrus (West Cork, Ireland).

A movie, Troubles, based on the Farrell book, was made in 1988 (directed by Christopher Morahan)[[2]].

[edit] Works

1963 A Man From Elsewhere
1965 The Lung
1967 A Girl in the Head

Empire Trilogy:

1970 Troubles
1973 The Siege of Krishnapur
1978 The Singapore Grip

1981 The Hill Station, not completed

[edit] About Farrell

1981 John Spurling, Margareth Drabble, Malcolm Dean: Personal Memories of J.G. Farrell; The Hill Station

1986 Ronald Binns, J.G. Farrell

1979 Bernard Bergonzi, The Contemporary English Novel

1997 Derek Mahon: The World of J.G. Farrell,(poem), říjen 1997

2000 Elisabeth Delattre: Histoire et fiction dans Troubles de J.G.Farrell ", Etudes Irlandaises, printemps 2000, n° 25-1, pp. 65-80

2002 Elisabeth Delattre: Du Monde romanesque au poème : 'The World of J.G.Farrell' de Derek Mahon ", Etudes Irlandaises, printemps 2002, n° 27-1, pp. 93-105

2003 Elisabeth Delattre: Intégrer, exclure ou la genèse d'une œuvre : Troubles de J.G.Farrell ", in Irlande : Inclusion, exclusion, publié sous la direction de Françoise Canon-Roger, Presses Universitaires de Reims, 2003, pp. 65-80.