John McGahern (1934–2006) believed that fiction could act as a window on the world. Such windows, however, frame our fields of vision, alter and shape our per

This book argues how John McGahern was not only an acute social commentator but also an intelligent and perceptive reader interested in the nature and function

This unique collection brings together essays by experts from a variety of disciplines, including history, sociology, education, journalism, creative writing an

I am no good at letters. John McGahern, 1963 John McGahern is consistently hailed as one of the finest Irish writers since James Joyce and Samuel Beckett.This v

Touchstones examines the literary influences that led to John McGahern becoming Ireland's greatest fiction writer of the post-war generation.