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By the Lake by John McGahern is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is By the Lake about?

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 people. Here are the Ruttledges, who have forsaken the glitter of London to raise sheep and cattle, gentle Jamesie Murphy, whose appetite for gossip both charms and intimidates his neighbors, handsome John Quinn, perennially on the look-out for a new wife, and the town’s richest man, a gruff, self-made magnate known as “the Shah.” Following his characters through the course of a year, through lambing and haying seasons, market days and family visits, McGahern lays bare their passions and regrets, their uneasy relationship with the modern world, their ancient intimacy with death.

Who reads By the Lake?

Author

John McGahern

Publisher

Vintage

Published

2003

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.95 / 5 (242 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14