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A Selection from John McGahern
Published: 03/06/10
Paperback John McGahern did not spread himself thinly as a writer. Nearly all of his creative energy went into what was central for him: the great novels and stories that are now part of the canon of Irish and world literature. Yet he spoke out when he felt he had something worth saying and his non-fiction writings are of great interest to anyone who loves his work, and to all those interested in the recent history of Ireland. This book brings together all of McGahern's surviving essays, reviews and... (more info) Usually despatched immediately
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Amongst Womenby John McGahern | Moran is an old Republican whose life was forever transformed by his days of glory as a guerrilla leader in the War of Independence. Now, in... (more info)
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| | The Darkby John McGahern | Set in rural Ireland, John McGahern's second novel is about adolescence and a guilty, yet uncontrollable sexuality that is contorted and... (more info)
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| | Creatures of the Earthby John McGahern | McGahern's command of the short story places him among the finest practitioners of the form, in a lineage that runs from Chekhov through... (more info)
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| | Getting Throughby John McGahern | This title includes stories by one of the outstanding Irish writers of today, author of "Nightlines", "The Barracks", "The Dark", "The... (more info)
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| | High Groundby John McGahern | The stories in "High Ground" are set in ordinary places, in the streets and suburbs and dancehalls of Dublin, the small towns and fields of... (more info)
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| | That They May Face the Rising Sunby John McGahern | Shortlisted for the Bord Gais Irish Book Awards Book of the Decade and winner of the Irish book Awards Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the... (more info)
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| | The Leavetakingby John McGahern | This book tells of a day, crucial and cathartic, in the life of a young Catholic schoolteacher who has returned to Ireland after a year's... (more info)
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| | The Pornographerby John McGahern | Michael, a writer of pornographic fiction, creates an ideal world of sex through his two stock athletes, Colonel Grimshaw and Mavis... (more info)
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| | Shortlisted for the Bord Gais Irish Book Awards Book of the Decade. At the heart of the Memoir is a son's unembarrassed tribute to his mother. His memory of walks with her through the narrow lanes to the country schools where she taught and his happiness as she named for him the wild flowers on the bank remained conscious and unconscious presences for the rest of his life. A classic family story, told with exceptional restraint and tenderness, Memoir cannot fail to move all those who read it. (more info) Usually despatched immediately
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