The barracks

John McGahern

Original title: Barracks

earliest edition we have, 1963 Faber and Faber, 1997 hardcover 240 pages

Elizabeth Regan, after years of freedom - and loneliness - marries into the enclosed Irish village of her upbringing. The children are not her own, and her husband is straining against his job in the police force. Moving between tragedy and savage comedy, desperation and joy, this is a novel of haunting power.

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Editions we hold

The barracks edition · 2009 · Faber · 232 pages · 9780571248827
The Barracks edition · 2009 · Faber and Faber Ltd · 9780571250226
Barracks edition · 2008 · Faber & Faber, Limited · 240 pages · 9780571225651
The barracks edition · 2004 · Penguin Books · 232 pages · 9780142004258
Barracks paperback · 2001 · Faber & Faber Ltd · 232 pages · 9780571203727
The barracks paperback · 1998 · Faber · 232 pages
The Barracks (Faber Library) hardcover · 1997 · Faber and Faber · 240 pages · 9780571192984
La Caserne paperback · 1996 · Presses de la Renaissance · 247 pages · 9782856163863
The barracks edition · 1977 · Quartet Books · 191 pages
The Barracks edition · 1969 · Panther Books · 190 pages · 9780586021354
The Barracks edition · 1963 · Faber · 9780571068128

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