The Barracks
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.
Author | John McGahern |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Number Of Pages | 320 |
Publication Country | United Kingdom |
Condition | New |