description: When an informer's body is found on the Quintons' estate shortly after the First World War, the Black and Tans torch their home, and only Willie and his mother escape. Willie grows up but seems unable to forget the terrible injuries of the past.
language: English
title: Fools of Fortune
titlecomplete: Fools of Fortune
characters: Marianne Woodcombe, Willie Quinton
genres: Fiction, Ireland, Historical, Literature, Classics, Novels, Irish Literature, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 1215
places: Ireland
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Novel
publisher: Not Avail