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Amongst Women is the best-known novel of Irish writer John McGahern. It is widely considered to be his masterpiece, and it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in the year of its release (1990). That was pretty much all I knew about it going in. From the blurb, I thought it might be similar to An Artist Of The Floating World... Full review: http://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/amongst-women-john-mcgahern/ #Irish #Literature #BookerPrize

Well my book set in Ireland by an Irish author was a highlight. The opening line 'as he weakened, moran became afraid of his daughters' - moran is an incredible character, soldier for independence, harsh father, devoted to the rosary, we follow his life with prose which captures beautifully in a para what lesser writers need 100 pages to say. A complicated life brilliantly told.
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I just checked and saw that spring starts on march 1st and im still 3 bks short. Well i should only be 2 today when i finish this wonderful story set near sligo, although this is a shocking scene, it feels dreadful to see father and son coming to blows, Michael 15 striking his aging but still bullying father brought me up short.

What a first line.