That They May Face The Rising Sun - John McGahern USA A fighter is seduced by

A fighter is seduced by the rewards of success and becomes a selfish egomaniac

but his plan goes wrong when a corrupt colleague starts shooting people from the roof of a hotel

A once successful musician now down on his luck is blackmailed into selling a large haul of marijuana by a corrupt cop

exploration of depictions of Victorian England and more

That They May Face The Rising Sun - John McGahern USA A fighter is seduced by'That They May Face The Rising Sun' by John McGahern (Faber paperback 314pages) McGahern's sixth and final novel, acclaimed at the time, has only grown in stature since its publication over 20 years ago. A human drama of a couple who have moved to a rural Irish lakeside community from London unfolds over a year as their surroundings change with the seasons.