Felicia's Journey - Softcover

Trevor, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140290214 ISBN 13: 9780140290219

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1999

Synopsis

Young and pregnant, Felicia leaves her Irish hometown to search for her boyfriend in the English Midlands, only to fall in with the obese, fiftyish Mr. Hilditch, in a tale of psychological suspense

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Review:

Felicia's Journey is a simple tale told with a subtle complexity. Felicia is an Irish country girl who has come to England to look for her jilted lover. Hilditch is a mild-mannered, gentle psychopath who lures the helpless Felicia into his trap. Interestingly, we see the story from each character's eyes when they are separate, but from Hilditch's view when they are together. It is an unusual and effective device that distorts the perspective and adds texture to a classic story. Trevor won a Whitbread Prize in 1994 for Felicia's Journey.

From the Inside Flap:

Full of hope, seventeen-year old Felicia crosses the Irish sea to the English Midlands in search of her lover Johnny to tell him she is pregnant. Unable to find him, alone and desperate, she is found instead by Mr. Hilditch, an obese catering manger, collector and befriender of homeless girls, who is also searching ? in a way Felicia could never have imagined...

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0140290214
• ISBN 13: 9780140290219
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224