The Barracks

by JohnMcGahern (Author)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $4.25

  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.

• Used

  Paperback
  2008

  $6.88

  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.

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $10.84

  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.