SOURCE: Kennedy, Eileen. “The Novels of John McGahern: The Road Away Becomes the Road Back.” In Contemporary Irish Writing, pp. 115–26. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1983.
In the following essay, Kennedy discusses the recurring themes in The Barracks, The Pornographer, The Leavetaking, and The Dark.
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