John McGahern

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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books
  • First Book:
    The Dark (April 1983)
  • Last Book:
    Creatures of the Earth (September 2021)
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Books in Order: 13 titles

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  • Creatures of the Earth

  • The Country Funeral

    "My only concern", John McGahern once said, "is that I get the sentence right and describe my world clearly and deeply."‘The Country Funeral’ witnesses three brothers, John, Philly and Fonsie Ryan, as they travel west from Dublin to Gloria Bog ...

  • That They May Face the Rising Sun

  • Memoir

  • The Leavetaking

    Widely considered one of the greatest Irish writers by readers and critics alike, John McGahern has been called "arguably the most important Irish novelist since Samuel Beckett" (The Guardian) whose "spare but luminous prose" (Chicago Tribune) is fre...

  • The Barracks

    One of the preeminent Irish writers of our time, John McGahern has captivated readers with such poignant and heart-wrenching novels as Amongst Women and The Dark. Moving between tragedy and savage comedy, desperation and joy, McGahern,'s first novel...

  • By the Lake

    With this magnificently assured new novel, John McGahern reminds us why he has been called the Irish Chekhov, as he guides readers into a village in rural Ireland and deftly, compassionately traces its natural rhythms and the inner lives of its peopl...

  • The Collected Stories

    These 34 funny, tragic, bracing, and acerbic stories represent the complete short fiction of one of Ireland's finest living writers. On struggling farms, in Dublin's rain-drenched streets, or in parched exile in Franco's Spain, McGahern's characters ...

  • Amongst Women

    Michael Moran is an old Irish Republican whose life was forever transformed by his days of glory as a guerrilla leader in the Irish War of Independence. Moran is till fighting—with his family, his friends, and even himself—in this hauntin...



  • High Ground

    Those who have called John McGahern a modern Chekhov are struck by his ability to transform commonplace experiences into moments of epiphany. In “Parachutes,” the narrator reels in the aftermath of a breakup with the woman he loves; “Oldfashion...

  • The Dark

    Set in rural Ireland, John McGahern''s second novel is about adolescence and a guilty, yet uncontrollable sexuality that is contorted and twisted by both puritanical state religion and a strange, powerful and ambiguous relationship between son and wi...

  • The Pornographer

  • Getting Through

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John McGahern has published 13 books.

John McGahern does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Creatures of the Earth, was published in September 2021.

The first book by John McGahern, The Dark, was published in April 1983.

No. John McGahern does not write books in series.
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