By the lake, a novel by John McGahern
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By the lake, a novel by John McGahern
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
By the lake
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48045841
Responsibility statement
a novel by John McGahern
Summary
Follows the inhabitants of an Irish village over the course of a year, through lambing and haying seasons, market days and family visits. Here are the Ruttledges, who have forsaken the glitter of London to raise sheep and cattle; gentle Jamesie Murphy, whose appetite for gossip both charms and intimidates his neighbors; handsome John Quinn, perennially on the lookout for a new wife; and the town's richest man, a gruff, self-made magnate known as the Shah
Target audience
adult
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