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The Dark by McGahern, John, 1934-2006 is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Dark about?
John McGahern's second novel, 'The Dark', confirmed and enhanced the reputation he gained with his first, 'The Barracks'. The scene is set in rural Ireland and the central theme is adolescence, impelled forward by ambition and sexuality, guilty and uncontrollable, contorted and twisted by a puritanical and passionate religion and, above all, by a strange, powerful, ambiguous relationship between son and widower father. Against a background evoked with quiet, undemonstrative mastery, McGahern exp
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- McGahern, John, 1934-2006
- Publisher
- London, Faber and Faber
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780571119912
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.16 / 5 (44 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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