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Book Review of By the Lake

By the Lake
By the Lake
Author: John McGahern
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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When I first started reading this book I thought that perhaps it would be boring. I wasn't familiar with some of the Irish expressions and couldn't figure out what the people had to do with each other. But that didn't last long, and pretty soon I was involved in the daily life of people in a small town in Ireland who lived by a lake and I found it fascinating. I hope you do too.