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Memoir
John McGahern
With a new foreword by Yiyun Li, this beloved memoir of an Irish childhood by the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of classics like Amongst Women is a 'healing book' (Sebastian Barry)'McGahern is about as close as we get to Proust.' GuardianI am sure it is from those days that I take the belief that the best of life is life lived quietly, wh
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| To be released | July 30, 2026 |
| ISBN13 | 9780571399482 |
| Publishers | Faber & Faber |
| Pages | 368 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 10 mm · 553 g (Weight (estimated)) |
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