{"product_id":"dark-9780571399505","title":"Dark: Cillian Murphy: 'One of the greatest Irish writers’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;With 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.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;He was coming and there was nothing to do but wait and grow hard as stone and lie.\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Mahoney 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.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;''A master.'' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Kevin Barry\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;''Timeless.'' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Sinéad Gleeson\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;''Extraordinary.'' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Colin Walsh\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;‘Blew me away.’ \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Colin Barrett\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;''A great writer.'' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Sebastian Barry\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;''Exquisite.'' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Andrew Michael Hurley\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;''Elegiac and graceful.'' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;David Mitchell\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;''One of the greatest writers of our era.''\u0026lt;b\u0026gt; Hilary Mantel\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;''The Irish novelist everyone should read.'' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Colm Tóibín\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;‘The preeminent Irish writer of his generation.’ \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Anne Enright\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;''I’m grateful for every sentence he left in this world.'' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Donal Ryan\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;''One reads McGahern for the textures of time and space, through which each of us travels, often alone.'' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Yiyun Li\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780571399505\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John McGahern","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50078110908666,"sku":"9780571399505","price":7.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9780571399505.jpg?v=1786814576","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/dark-9780571399505","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}