The Barracks

by JohnMcGahern (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.33

  Elizabeth Reegan, after years of freedom - and loneliness - marries into the enclosed Irish village of her upbringing. The children are not her own; her husband is straining to break free from the servile security of the police force; and her own life, threatened by illness, seems to be losing the last vestiges of its purpose. Moving between tragedy and savage comedy, desperation and joy, John McGahern's first novel is one of haunting power. 'The details are evoked with a scrupulous yet enhancing accuracy that reminds one of the young Joyce. He is astonishingly successful in penetrating the mind of a mature woman confronted with pain and death. Mr McGahern is the real thing.' -Spectator

• Used

  Paperback
  2009

  $4.18

  This is the first novel by John McGahern, originally published in 1963. Elizabeth Regan, after years of freedom - and loneliness - marries into the enclosed Irish village of her upbringing. The children are not her own; her husband is straining against his job in the police force; and her own life, threatened by illness, seems to be losing the last vestiges of its purpose. Moving between tragedy and savage comedy, desperation and joy, The Barracks is a novel of haunting power.

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $10.67

  Elizabeth Reegan, after years of freedom - and loneliness - marries into the enclosed Irish village of her upbringing. her husband is straining to break free from the servile security of the police force; Moving between tragedy and savage comedy, desperation and joy, John McGahern's first novel is one of haunting power.