WWI has just ended and an English Major arrives in Ireland to visit his fiancée. Her father owns the once grand Majestic Hotel, now dilapidated and in need of urgent repair. The Major finds himself in charge of running the hotel and coping with its eccentric, long term inhabitants. There are many funny and memorable incidents but the claustrophobic atmosphere is imbued with the escalating tensions of the Troubles occurring on the fringes of daily life. Brilliant!
(Denise Lewis - bwl 99 Winter 2021 ) |
