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The Dark Paperback - 2002

by John McGahern

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The Dark, widely acclaimed, yet infamously banned, is John McGahern’s sensitive, perceptive, and beautifully written portrayal of a young man’s coming-of-age in rural Ireland. Imaginative and introverted, the boy is successful in school, but bitterly confused by the guilt-inducing questions he endures from the priests who should be his venerated guides. His relationship with his bullying, bigoted, widowed father is similarly conflicted — touched with both deep love and carefully suppressed hatred. When he must leave home to further his education, their relationship is drawn to an emotional climax that teaches both father and son some of the most intricate truths about manhood.

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The Dark, widely acclaimed, yet infamously banned, is John McGahern's sensitive, perceptive, and beautifully written portrayal of a young man's coming-of-age in rural Ireland. Imaginative and introverted, the boy is successful in school, but bitterly confused by the guilt-inducing questions he endures from the priests who should be his venerated guides. His relationship with his bullying, bigoted, widowed father is similarly conflicted -- touched with both deep love and carefully suppressed hatred. When he must leave home to further his education, their relationship is drawn to an emotional climax that teaches both father and son some of the most intricate truths about manhood.

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  • Title The Dark
  • Author John McGahern
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Group, New York
  • Publication date 2002-02-26
  • ISBN 9780140277951 / 0140277951
  • Weight 0.36 lbs (0.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 5.22 x 0.49 in (19.81 x 13.26 x 1.24 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Fathers and sons
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001054859
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

"[McGahern] writes with a poignancy and passion. He has been likened to the early Joyce, and he has the same spare artistry."
— Spectator

"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

About the author

John McGahern was born in Dublin and brought up in the west of Ireland. He is the author of three collections of short stories and six novels, including Amongst Women, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
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