Quote of the day
We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose of being used as beasts, or instruments of labour.
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)







