Amongst Women by John Mcgahern

Amongst Women by John Mcgahern

Introduced by Sinéad Gleeson, John McGahern's Booker Prize-shortlisted Irish 'masterpiece' (Colm Tóibín) is essential reading for admirers of Claire Keegan.

As he weakened, Moran became afraid of his daughters.

Moran's life is defined by his days of glory as a guerrilla leader in the Irish War of Independence. Now, he is simply an ageing widower, eking out an existence on the small farm where he raises his two sons and three daughters. He keeps control by binding his family close - but as his children seek independence, and the passing years bring bewildering change, this tormented veteran must find a balance between love and tyranny.

'It almost finished me as an aspiring writer. How could a book be this good?' Donal Ryan
'Wise and compelling . . . Elegiac and graceful.' David Mitchell
'The preeminent Irish writer of his generation.' Anne Enright
'He blew me away.' Colin Barrett
'A great writer.' Sebastian Barry
'Extraordinary.' Colin Walsh
'A master.' Kevin Barry

Born in 1934, John McGahern was the eldest of seven children raised on a farm in the West of Ireland. in 1965 he was dismissed as a teacher when his second novel The Dark was banned for 'obscene' content. The author of six acclaimed novels and four story collections, he was shortlisted for the 1990 Booker Prize for Amongst Women and awarded the Irish PEN Award, the Prix Ecureuil de Littérature Etrangère and the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He died in 2006.

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ISBN 13	9780571399475
ISBN 10	0571399479
Title	Amongst Women
Author	John Mcgahern
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Faber & Faber
Year published	2026-09-24
Number of pages	192
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