J. G. Farrell

James Gordon Farrell (25 January 1935 – 11 August 1979), known as J. G. Farrell, was a Liverpool-born novelist of Irish descent. Farrell gained prominence for his historical fiction, most notably his Empire Trilogy (Troubles, The Siege of Krishnapur and The Singapore Grip), dealing with the political and human consequences of British colonial rule. However, his career ended when he drowned in Ireland at the age of 44. The Siege of Krishnapur won the 1973 Booker Prize. On 19 May 2010, it was announced that Troubles had retrospectively won the Lost Man Booker Prize, which was created to recognise works published in 1970 (a group that had not previously been open for consideration due to a change in the eligibility rules at the time). Continue Reading »

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