The Barracks - Softcover

McGahern, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571248829 ISBN 13: 9780571248827

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2009

Synopsis

Elizabeth Regan, after years of freedom - and loneliness - marries into the enclosed Irish village of her upbringing. The children are not her own, and her husband is straining against his job in the police force. Moving between tragedy and savage comedy, desperation and joy, this is a novel of haunting power.

About this title

Book Description:

The Barracks by John McGahern in a beautiful new paperback Faber Firsts edition to commemorate Faber's 80th Anniversary.

About the Author:

John McGahern was born in Dublin in 1934 and brought up in the West of Ireland. He was a graduate of University College, Dublin. He worked as a Primary School teacher and held various academic posts at universities in Britain, Ireland and America.
In the opinion of the Observer, John McGahern was 'Ireland's greatest living novelist'. He was the author of six highly acclaimed novels and four collections of short stories, and was the recipient of numerous awards and honours, including a Society of Authors Travelling Scholarship, the American-Irish Award, the Prix Etrangère Ecureuil and the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Amongst Women, which won both the GPA and the Irish Times Award, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and made into a four-part BBC television series. His work has appeared in anthologies and has been translated into many languages. His last book, Memoir, was published in 2005. John McGahern died in 2006.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0571248829
• ISBN 13: 9780571248827
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240