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"We must know that while we read this book, an experience much like touching the raw nerves of a growing boy, we are in the company of a very talented writer."
—Library Journal
"The best novel to come out of Ireland for many years."
—Irish Times
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Set in rural Ireland, John McGahern's second novel is about adolescence and a guilty, yet uncontrollable sexuality that is contorted and twisted bo both puritanical state religion and a strange, powerful and ambiguous relationship between son and widower father. Against a background evoked with quiet, undemonstrated mastery, McGahern explores with precision and tenderness a human situation, superficially very ordinary, but inwardly an agony of longing and despair. McGahern's second novel is about adolescence and a guilty, yet uncontrollable sexuality. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780571225675
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Book Description Condition: New. 2008. Main. Paperback. A novel about adolescence and a guilty, yet uncontrollable sexuality that is contorted and twisted by both puritanical state religion and a strange, powerful and ambiguous relationship between son and widower father. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 120 x 6. Weight in Grams: 148 191pp. . . . . Seller Inventory # 9780571225675
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