John McGahern and the art of memory -- Orpheus triumphant: recovering the lost beloved: Memoir -- Reflections of the one thing: The barracks -- In the name of the father: The dark -- Breaking the moulds part I: The leavetaking (1974; rev. 1984) -- Breaking the moulds part II: The pornographer -- The end of father history: Amongst women -- The completed circle: That they may face the rising sun -- Conclusion: violence, dislocation, truth and vision