The Pornographer, by John McGahern. New York Review Books. 272 pages. $17.95. If you were asked to name the finest Irish writer of the second half of the twentieth century, a strong case could be made ...

The author of “The Second Coming” and “City on Fire” selects recommendations from the great American writer’s sprawling body of work. From the daily newsletter: Reading about the end of ...

Colm Tóibín talks to Tom about the life and work of the novelist John McGahern through his recently published correspondence, which includes letters to Tóibín. They discuss his family, his banned work ...

An intimate story of a family living on the Irish border, under the thumb of a former soldier turned tyrant in his own home. Written and abridged by John McGahern. Read by Lloyd Hutchinson.

John Tusa, former director of London’s Barbican Arts Centre, put it like this: “The arts matter because they embrace, express and define the soul of a civilisation. A nation without arts would ...