That story is the title piece of the collection Angels at the Ritz.
In a short story by this author, a tourist remarks "History is unfinished on this island" after he kills a childhood sweetheart who has since become a terrorist. In another story by this author of "Beyond the Pale," Malcolm and Sue agree to seduce their friends Polly and Gavin at their home in the outer suburbs. That story is the title piece of the collection Angels at the Ritz. The fifteen-year-old Timothy blackmails citizens of his town to get the props he needs to put on a play about the murderer George Joseph Smith at the church talent show in this author's book The (*) Children of Dynmouth. Mr. Nox and Mr. Jaraby feud over the election for chairman of their title group in his second novel, and those characters are unperturbed by the death of Mr. Turtle while visiting their alma mater. For 10 points, name this author of The Old Boys, a still-living Irish writer.
In a short story by this author, a tourist remarks "History is unfinished on this island" after he kills a childhood sweetheart who has since become a terrorist.
William Trevor