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Widely considered one of the greatest Irish writers by readers and critics alike, John McGahern has been called "arguably the most important Irish novelist since Samuel Beckett" ( The Guardian ) whose "spare but luminous prose" ( Chicago Tribune ) is frequently compared to that of James... read more
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I watch a gull's shadow float among feet on the concrete as I walk in a day of my life with a bell, its brass tongue in my hand, and think after all that the first constant was water.
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- John McGahern (Author)
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