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The Barracks: 'The ending is one the finest I’ve ever read by an Irish writer' (Claire Keegan)
John McGahern
Elizabeth Reegan, after years of freedom - and loneliness - marries into the enclosed Irish village of her upbringing. The children are not her own; her husband is straining to break free from the servile security of the police force; and her own life, threatened by illness, seems to be losing the last vestiges of its purpose.
240 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 5, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780571225651 |
| Publishers | Faber & Faber |
| Pages | 240 |
| Dimensions | 127 × 204 × 17 mm · 252 g |
| Language | English |
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