Young John McGahern: Becoming a Novelist

by Denis Sampson

Book Overview

John McGahern was the most admired Irish novelist of the past fifty years. His accessible fiction won him a wide readership throughout Ireland, but the accomplishment of his craft ensured that he also became known as a writer's writer. He set his novels in places he knew intimately-Dublin, London, and the West of Ireland, where he grew up-and became known for the intimacy and honesty of his mapping of home truths of Irish life. His first novel, The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199682348
• ISBN13: 9780199682348
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.6"