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A haunting novel by 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) and 'the Irish novelist everyone should read' (Colm Tóibín).

A day, crucial and cathartic, in the life of a young Catholic schoolteacher who has returned to Ireland after a year's sabbatical in London where he married an American divorcee. As a result he now faces certain dismissal by the school authorities. Moving from the earliest memories of both the man and the woman, the novel recreates their breaking of the shackles of guilt and duty into the acceptance of a fulfilling adult love.

'A beautiful, irresistible work of imagination. Sunday Telegraph
'Wise and compelling ... Elegiac and graceful.' David Mitchell
'I have admired, even loved, John McGahern's work since his first novel.' Melvyn Bragg

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    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Publication Date: 05/11/2009
    ISBN13: 9780571225705, 978-0571225705
    ISBN10: 0571225705

    Number of Pages: 176

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

    Description

    A haunting novel by 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) and 'the Irish novelist everyone should read' (Colm Tóibín).

    A day, crucial and cathartic, in the life of a young Catholic schoolteacher who has returned to Ireland after a year's sabbatical in London where he married an American divorcee. As a result he now faces certain dismissal by the school authorities. Moving from the earliest memories of both the man and the woman, the novel recreates their breaking of the shackles of guilt and duty into the acceptance of a fulfilling adult love.

    'A beautiful, irresistible work of imagination. Sunday Telegraph
    'Wise and compelling ... Elegiac and graceful.' David Mitchell
    'I have admired, even loved, John McGahern's work since his first novel.' Melvyn Bragg

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