John McGahern Memoir (Paperback) (UK IMPORT) (PRESALE 07/30/2026)All Tariffs and Duties included - no additional charges-image

John McGahern Memoir (Paperback) (UK IMPORT) (PRESALE 07/30/2026)All Tariffs and Duties included - no additional charges

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ISBN-10: 0571399487 height: 198mm Item Height: 198mm Book Title: Memoir Country of Origin: UK Item Length: 129mm ISBN: 9780571399482 Subtitle: Cillian Murphy: 'One of the greatest Irish writers’ Format: Paperback Genre: Biography Publisher: Faber & Faber Language: English Release Date: 07/30/2026 Contributor: Yiyun Li (Introduction by) Release Year: 2026 EAN: 9780571399482 Publication Name: Memoir Author: John McGahern Title: Memoir Edition: Main - Re-issue

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John McGahern Memoir (Paperback) (UK IMPORT) (PRESALE 07/30/2026). This is the story of John McGahern's childhood: his mother's death, his father's tyrannical violence, his encounters with religion, and how, through his discovery of reading, his dream of becoming a writer began. Further DetailsPre-Release due out 07/30/2026 in UK (This item will be delivered after the release date) Title: Memoir Condition: New Description: With a new foreword by Yiyun Li, this beloved memoir of an Irish childhood by the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of classics like Amongst Women is a 'healing book' (Sebastian Barry) 'McGahern is about as close as we get to Proust.' Guardian I am sure it is from those days that I take the belief that the best of life is life lived quietly, where nothing happens but our calm journey through the day, where change is imperceptible and the precious life is everything. Through the sun-dappled mazes of Irish country lanes, a little boy walks with his mother, naming the tangled wildflowers together - a memory that will inspire the rest of his life.This is the story of John McGahern's childhood: his mother's death, his father's tyrannical violence, his encounters with religion, and how, through his discovery of reading, his dream of becoming a writer began.'A master.' Kevin Barry 'Timeless.' Sinéad Gleeson 'Extraordinary.' Colin Walsh 'Blew me away.' Colin Barrett 'A great writer.' Sebastian Barry 'Exquisite.' Andrew Michael Hurley 'Elegiac and graceful.' David Mitchell 'A glowing masterpiece.' Hilary Mantel 'The Irish novelist everyone should read.' Colm Tóibín 'The preeminent Irish writer of his generation.' Anne Enright 'I'm grateful for every sentence he left in this world.' Donal Ryan Author: John McGahern EAN: 9780571399482 Contributor: Yiyun Li (Introduction by) Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0571399487 ISBN: 9780571399482 Edition: Main - Re-issue Language: English Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 129mm Genre: Biography Release Date: 07/30/2026 Subtitle: Cillian Murphy: 'One of the greatest Irish writers’ Publisher: Faber & Faber Release Year: 2026 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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