Books Quote by John McGahern

The Local Paper here asked that me books be banned........THE HIGHEST PRAISE for an Irish writer.

— Ken Bruen

“Dark, was banned by the Irish state censor for obscenity. The story was set, as so much of McGahern's later fiction would be, in…

— John McGahern

When I read James Joyce, I'm not really interested in the Dublin of 1904. I'm interested in being in the presence of a voice…

— Joseph O'Neill

Irish fiction is full of secrets, guilty pasts, divided identities. It is no wonder that there is such a rich tradition of Gothic writing…

— Terry Eagleton

I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being gay.

— John Boyne

Despite being from Ireland, I've always avoided writing about it, for two reasons. For a very small country, Ireland has produced an astonishing number…

— Maggie O'Farrell

“If a novelist were so uncouth and possessed of so little moral sense that he should write of illicit love, his book would be…

— Clyde Brion Davis

The variety within Mann's fiction is impressive and fascinating. But Joyce is even more various and many-sided. He begins his career with a wonderful…

— Philip Kitcher

I think perhaps the greatest book ever written was Ulysses by James Joyce.

— Frederick Lenz

“...books, ingeniously coupled with music and alcohol, enabled the Irish to transcend reality.”

— Joe Queenan

The censors have always had a field day with James Joyce, specifically with 'Ulysses,' but also with his other writings. The conventional wisdom is…

— Karen DeCrow

I don't think Ireland has ever had a genius for the novel. Of course, there were plenty of Irish novels, but I don't think…

— Lady Gregory