Quote of the day
In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so?
John McGahern

Born: November 12, 1934
Died: March 30, 2006 (aged 71)
Bio: John McGahern is regarded as one of the most important Irish writers of the latter half of the twentieth century.
Known for:
- Amongst Women (1990)
- That They may Face the Rising Sun (2002)
- The Barracks (1963)
- The Leavetaking (1974)
- Memoir (2005)