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The Dark, John McGaherns second novel, is set in rural Ireland.
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Grave, earnest, contemplative and prestige.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- John McGahern
- First published
- 1965
- Pages
- 191
- Publisher
- Knopf, Presses de la Renaissance, Faber and Faber Ltd
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9780140277951
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“"SAY WHAT YOU SAID BECAUSE I KNOW."”
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