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Essay on reading and John McGahern's early experiences of reading, first published as 'Those Dangerous Mirrors Reflecting Our Lives' in
, 27 April 1991; reprinted as 'Me Among the Protestants: A Bookish Boyhood' in
28 April 1991; reprinted as 'Legends that Shaped My Life' in
4 May 1991; reprinted with revisions as 'The Solitary Reader' in
, July 1991; reprinted with revisions as 'The Devil Finds Work for Idle Hands', in
ed. Clare Boylan, published by Penguin in 1993; reprinted with revisions and an alternate ending as
, translated by Margie Debelle, in
ed. Jacqueline Genet and Élisabeth Hellegouarc'h published by Presses Universitaires de Caen in 1994; reprinted in English as 'Reading and Writing' in
edited by Jacqueline Genet Wynne Hellegouarc'h, published by Colin Smythe in 1996; reprinted with revisions in De Valera's Irelands edited by Gabriel Doherty and Dermot Keogh, published by Mercier Press in 2003; shortened version of the first half reprinted in
, 1 February 2003.
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2116; 4.1.6
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27/06/2013
23/06/2025