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- Birth nameJames Gordon Farrell
- J.G. Farrell was born on January 25, 1935 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Singapore Grip (2020), Troubles (1988) and The Book Programme (1973). He died on August 11, 1979 in Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland.
- Troubles received the 1971 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and The Siege of Krishnapur received the 1973 Booker Prize.
- In 2010 Troubles was retrospectively awarded the Lost Man Booker Prize, created to recognise works published in 1970. Troubles and its fellow shortlisted works had not been open for consideration that year due to a change in the eligibility rules.
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