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The Barracks: John McGahern

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Synopsis:

The first novel by John McGahern, originally published in 1963.

Elizabeth Regan, after years of freedom - and loneliness - marries into the enclosed Irish village of her upbringing. The children are not her own; her husband is straining against his job in the police force; and her own life, threatened by illness, seems to be losing the last vestiges of its purpose. Moving between tragedy and savage comedy, desperation and joy, The Barracks is a novel of haunting power.

Tags:

Categorised as:

Fiction

Sub-categories:

General Fiction

Places:

Ireland

Genres & Themes:

Community; Faber Firsts; Isolation; Women

Reading Guide:

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