Short notices
Posted: 22 Mar 2013 @ 00:02
EAMON MAHER, in The Church and its Spire: John McGahern and the
Catholic question, looks at the life and work of a controversial
figure in the Irish RC Church. McGahern's second novel was banned,
and he was also sacked from a teaching post because of his
ambivalent relationship with his Church. The author explores how,
though he abhorred the institutional aspects of the Church in which
he was brought up, he also found much in its awe-inspiring mystery
and worship (The Columba Press, ...
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