# By the Lake

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- Book: [By the Lake](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-mcgahern/by-the-lake) ([By the Lake.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-mcgahern/by-the-lake.md))
- Authors: [John McGahern](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-mcgahern)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7974-402-3
- Pages: 352
- Published: 2003-04-08
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

With this magnificently assured new novel, John McGahern reminds us why he has been called the Irish Chekhov, as he guides readers into a village in rural Ireland and deftly, compassionately traces its...