Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
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)