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Last Stories by William Trevor: The Crippled Man

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The Crippled Man

Last Stories by William Trevor

BBC Radio 4 - Last Stories by William Trevor, The Crippled Man

Dermot Crowley reads William Trevor's story about the end of patience.

In a quiet rural Irish farmhouse, a crippled man engages two painters, and a woman's patience runs out. Read by Dermot Crowley.

In a quiet farmhouse in rural Ireland a crippled man engages two painters, and a woman's patience is running out.

Read by Dermot Crowley.

One of five stories from William Trevor's final and posthumous collection, published in 2018 to coincide with what would have been his 90th Birthday. 

Abridged by Rowan Routh.

Often described as the master of the short story, revered by his fellow writers and by his readers, these stories written in the last years of his life contain all his hallmarks; his piercing observation of human life, his humanity, his elegant prose and his distinctive voice. 

Producer:  Di Speirs  

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2018.

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