About the Author
John McGahern was born in Dublin in 1934 and brought up in the Republic of Ireland. He trained to be a primary-school teacher before becoming a full-time writer, and later taught and travelled extensively. He lived in County Leitrim. The author of six highly acclaimed novels and four collections of short stories, he was the recipient of numerous awards and honours, including a Society of Authors Travelling Scholarship, the American-Irish Award, the Prix Etrangère Ecureuil and the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Amongst Women, which won both the GPA and the Irish Times Award, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and made into a four-part BBC television series. His work appeared in numerous anthologies and has been translated into many languages. In 2005, his autobiography, Memoir, won the South Bank Literature Award. John McGahern died in 2006.
by the same author
THE DARK
NIGHTLINES
THE LEAVETAKING
GETTING THROUGH
THE PORNOGRAPHER
HIGH GROUND
AMONGEST WOMEN
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN
MEMOIR
CREATURES OF THE EARTH: NEW AND SELECTED STORIES
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THE POWER OF DARKNESS
First published in 1963 by Faber and Faber Limited
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New Faber paperback edition published in 2008
This ebook edition first published in 2009
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ISBN 978—0—571—25022—6 [epub edition]