A landmark event: the collected stories of 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) and 'the Irish novelist everyone should read' (Colm Tóibín).
'Wise and compelling ... Elegiac and graceful.' David Mitchell
'I have admired, even loved, John McGahern's work since his first novel
.' Melvyn Bragg
'Gentle, lyrical, an amorist of language, a natural historian of the soul.'
Irish Times
'Exquisite stories . . . Here is a Dublin of tatty dancehalls and uneasy courtships, of kisses in damp doorways and unfulfilled hungerings . . . Writing of extraordinary beauty.'
Guardian
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Collected Stories
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Literary CollectionsTable of contents
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Wheels
- Why We’re Here
- Coming into his Kingdom
- Christmas
- Hearts of Oak and Bellies of Brass
- Strandhill, the Sea
- The Key
- Korea
- Lavin
- My Love, My Umbrella
- Peaches
- The Recruiting Officer
- The Beginning of an Idea
- A Slip-up
- All Sorts of Impossible Things
- Faith, Hope and Charity
- The Stoat
- Doorways
- The Wine Breath
- Along the Edges
- Swallows
- Gold Watch
- Parachutes
- A Ballad
- Oldfashioned
- Like All Other Men
- Eddie Mac
- Crossing the Line
- High Ground
- Sierra Leone
- The Conversion of William Kirkwood
- Bank Holiday
- The Creamery Manager
- The Country Funeral
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- Copyright
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