{"product_id":"the-dark-by-john-mcgahern-9780571399505","title":"The Dark","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith a new foreword by Colin Walsh, this is one of the most volatile, vital, and unsafe novels in Irish literature, banned by the censor for obscenity in 1965 - and just as explosive today.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe was coming and there was nothing to do but wait and grow hard as stone and lie.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMahoney grows up in fear of his father: of his beatings with the heavy leather strap; of the nights he wants love. Seeking to escape the claustrophobic family farm, he contemplates a future in the priesthood, but battles with his tortured conscience amidst adolescent lusts. After winning a scholarship, he takes a stand against the household's toxic violence - and begins a journey towards an understanding that may mean peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA master.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eKevin Barry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTimeless.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSinéad Gleeson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtraordinary.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eColin Walsh\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlew me away.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eColin Barrett\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA great writer.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSebastian Barry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExquisite.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Michael Hurley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eElegiac and graceful.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Mitchell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of the greatest writers of our era.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eHilary Mantel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Irish novelist everyone should read.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eColm Tóibín\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe preeminent Irish writer of his generation.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAnne Enright\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI'm grateful for every sentence he left in this world.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDonal Ryan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne reads McGahern for the textures of time and space, through which each of us travels, often alone.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eYiyun Li\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67798166569196,"sku":"9780571399505","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780571399505-the-dark-1.jpg?v=1792472698","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-dark-by-john-mcgahern-9780571399505","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}