J. G. Farrell (1935-1979) was a British novelist of Irish descent. His Empire Trilogy, about the decline of the British Empire, comprises Troubles, The Siege of Krishnapur and The Singapore Grip. The Siege of Krishnapur won the Booker Prize in 1973, and Troubles was awarded the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010. He drowned off the coast of Ireland at forty-four.
