High Ground

High GroundBy: John McGahern Those who have called John McGahern a modern Chekhov are struck by his ability to transform commonplace experiences into moments of epiphany. In Parachutes, the narrator reels in the aftermath of a breakup with the woman he loves; Oldfashioned isthe story of Johnny, a country boy oddly drawn to the elderly English couple for whom he represents the son they lost in the War; and in Eddie Mac and The Conversion of William Kirkwood, a

family - and a quest for the truth in the face of evil

spy—as he makes his often precarious way through the twentieth century

make complicated speculative bets

V is for vertebrate

the world took notice

the Sorcerer Supreme

but the reason he came home--his faith--is now the thing keeping them apart

We can take matters into our own hands and turn the frog into a prince ourselves

Swim with jellyfish

Maths can tell you the truth and predict the future - up to a point

Plus: all-out smackdowns against Titania

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