Book Details
| Author: | McGahern, John: |
| Title: | The Barracks. |
| Published: | London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1963. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 01 - Literature |
| Description: | First edition. This is John McGahern's first novel which won the Irish literary award the AE Memorial Award for 1962. It tells the story of life in a police barracks in a rural village in Ireland. The story is from the viewpoint of the local woman who marries a cruel widower police officer. It gives an insight into the bleakness and desperation of her life in small town rural Ireland. Text clean and tight. A few spots of foxing on front edge and three small spots on prelims. Previous owner's inscription neatly at top of ffep. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Overall condition VG+. In VG original dust wrapper. |
| Book Number: | #8331 |
| Price: | € 910.00 |
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