I belong to the middle class that grew up very influenced by the Catholic church. The people of the novel are from a more pagan and practical world in which the Christianity is just a veneer.
-- John McGahern
   
John McGahern   Name:
John McGahern
Type:
Writer
Nationality:
Irish
Birth:
November 12, 1934
Death:
March 30, 2006
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