
The Barracks was the first novel by Irish writer John McGahern. Critically acclaimed when it was published in 1963, it won the AE Memorial Award from the Arts Council of Ireland and the Macauley Fellowship. The Barracks is set in a police barracks similar to the one McGahern lived in with his father from the age of …

Moran tra le donne è un romanzo di John McGahern del 1990. Il romanzo racconta la storia di Michael Moran, un anziano veterano dell'IRA, e la sua tirannia nei confronti di moglie e figli, che lo amano e ne hanno paura allo stesso tempo. È il più noto tra i romanzi di McGahern ed è considerato il suo capolavoro. Il …

Memoir is an autobiographical account of the childhood of Irish writer John McGahern. It was published in 2005, and the writer died in 2006. It recalls, amongst other things, his formative years in the north-west of Ireland, the death of his beloved mother, Susan, and his relationship with his dark and enigmatic …