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(On his last day at school a teacher considers the events which have led to his present crisis: he has been dismissed from his job because he is 'living in sin'. Neighbours and employers can only regard his registry office marriage to an American divorcee as immoral, for this is Ireland. Patrick Moran looks back on an Irish childhood, learning his Catechism at the sickbed of his dying mother and suffering the harshness of his policeman father; and on an Irish youth, cloistered at a Catholic training school but still able to experience the thrills and bewilderments of a sexual education. This is the past he reviews before taking his leave of it.
John McGahern, one of Ireland's most brilliant talents, has in his latest novel produced a work of rare insight, beauty and sensitivity about a man's past and his attempt to unshackle himself from it.
'Thrilling and memorable' SundayTimes
'McGahern writes so beautifully that he
leaves one in no doubt of his equality with Joyce'
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'A beautiful, irresistible work of imagination'
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John McGahern, one of Ireland's most brilliant talents, has in his latest novel produced a work of rare insight, beauty and sensitivity about a man's past and his attempt to unshackle himself from it.
'Thrilling and memorable' SundayTimes
'McGahern writes so beautifully that he
leaves one in no doubt of his equality with Joyce'
Encounter
'A beautiful, irresistible work of imagination'
Sunday Telegraph)
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About the Author:
John McGahern (1934–2006) was the author of six novels, including The Dark and Amongst Women (winner of Ireland’s GPA Book Prize), four volumes of short stories, and a memoir. He received numerous awards, including Ireland’s most prestigious literary prize, the AE Memorial Award.
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A luminous novel of love and acceptance in twentieth-century Ireland—by "one of the best stylists in English prose" -- Newsweek
He has transformed situations and scenes common in experience into something rich and strange, something uncommonly beautiful. -- The Sunday Independent, London
McGahern brings us the tonic gift of the best fiction, the sense of truth—the sense of transparency that permits us to see imaginary lives more clearly than we see our own. -- John Updike
He has transformed situations and scenes common in experience into something rich and strange, something uncommonly beautiful. -- The Sunday Independent, London
McGahern brings us the tonic gift of the best fiction, the sense of truth—the sense of transparency that permits us to see imaginary lives more clearly than we see our own. -- John Updike
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- PublisherQuartet Books
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 070433125X
- ISBN 13 9780704331259
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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