McGahern, John, 1934-2006
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- His The barracks, 1963.
- New York times WWW site, Mar. 31, 2006(John McGahern; b. Nov. 12, 1934, Dublin; d. there yesterday [Mar. 30, 2006], aged 71; his stark depiction of love and despair in repressive rural Ireland made him one of his country's most acclaimed fiction writers)
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John McGahern (12 November 1934 – 30 March 2006) was an Irish writer and novelist. Known for the detailed dissection of Irish life found in works such as The Barracks, The Dark and Amongst Women, he was hailed by The Observer as "the greatest living Irish novelist" and in its obituary The Guardian described him as "arguably the most important Irish novelist since Samuel Beckett".
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