John Mcgahern: Creatures of the Earth [2007] paperback IPOLI based on first-hand accounts of

based on first-hand accounts of crew members and interviews with survivors

and the tyranny of artistic `isms'

- how to master the dilemmas of relationships

romantic jealousy or religious terror

new moms searching for permission to focus on family

John Mcgahern: Creatures of the Earth [2007] paperback IPOLI based on first-hand accounts ofMcGahern's command of the short story places him among the finest practitioners of the form, in a lineage that runs from Chekhov through Joyce and the Anglo American masters. When the collection was first published in 1992, the Sunday Times said 'there is a vivid pleasure to be had in the reading of these stories,' while for Cressida Connolly in the Evening Standard 'these wonderful stories are sad and true . . . McGahern is undoubtedly a great short