The Dark
- Author John McGahern
- Narrator Adrian Dunbar
- Publisher Faber & Faber
- Publish Date 22 September 2026
- Run Time 5 hours and 46 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Modern and contemporary fiction.
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What to expect
With a new foreword by Colin Walsh, this is 'one of the most volatile, vital and unsafe novels in Irish literature', banned by the censor for obscenity in 1965 - and just as explosive today.
He was coming and there was nothing to do but wait and grow hard as stone and lie.
Mahoney grows up in fear of his father: of his beatings with the heavy leather strap; of the nights he wants love. Seeking to escape the claustrophobic family farm, he contemplates a future in the priesthood, but battles with his tortured conscience amidst adolescent lusts. After winning a scholarship, he takes a stand against the household's toxic violence - and begins a journey towards an understanding that may mean peace.
'One of the greatest writers of our era.'
Hilary Mantel
'The Irish novelist everyone should read.'
Colm Tóibín
'The preeminent Irish writer of his generation.'
Anne Enright
| Author | John McGahern |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Adrian Dunbar |
| Duration | 5 hours and 46 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9780571400720 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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