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The Collected Stories of John McGahern

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These 34 funny, tragic, bracing, and acerbic stories represent the complete short fiction of one of Ireland's finest living writers. On struggling farms, in Dublin's rain-drenched streets, or in parched exile in Franco's Spain, McGahern's characters wage a confused but touching war against the facts of life.

Wheels --
Why we're here --
Coming into his kingdom --
Christmas --
Hearts of oak and bellies of brass --
Strandhill, the sea --
The key --
Lavin --
My love, my umbrella --
Peaches --
The recruiting officer --
The beginning of an idea --
A slip-up --
All sorts of impossible things --
Faith, hope and charity --
The stoat --
Doorways --
The wine breath --
Along the edges --
Swallows --
Gold watch --
Parachutes --
A ballad --
Oldfashioned --
Like all other men --
Eddie Mac --
Crossing the line --
High ground --
Sierra Leone --
The conversion of William Kirkwood --
Bank holiday --
The creamery manager --
The country funeral

Pages: 416

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Faber and Faber

Release: October 19, 1998

ISBN: 0571169481

ISBN 13: 9780571169481

The Collected Stories of John McGahern

4.2/5 ( ratings)

These 34 funny, tragic, bracing, and acerbic stories represent the complete short fiction of one of Ireland's finest living writers. On struggling farms, in Dublin's rain-drenched streets, or in parched exile in Franco's Spain, McGahern's characters wage a confused but touching war against the facts of life.

Wheels --
Why we're here --
Coming into his kingdom --
Christmas --
Hearts of oak and bellies of brass --
Strandhill, the sea --
The key --
Lavin --
My love, my umbrella --
Peaches --
The recruiting officer --
The beginning of an idea --
A slip-up --
All sorts of impossible things --
Faith, hope and charity --
The stoat --
Doorways --
The wine breath --
Along the edges --
Swallows --
Gold watch --
Parachutes --
A ballad --
Oldfashioned --
Like all other men --
Eddie Mac --
Crossing the line --
High ground --
Sierra Leone --
The conversion of William Kirkwood --
Bank holiday --
The creamery manager --
The country funeral

Pages: 416

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Faber and Faber

Release: October 19, 1998

ISBN: 0571169481

ISBN 13: 9780571169481

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