{"product_id":"poguemahone-paperback","title":"Poguemahone - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick McCabe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA swirling, psychedelic, bleakly funny fugue by the Booker-shortlisted author of \u003cem\u003eThe Butcher Boy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBreakfast on Pluto\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUna Fogarty, suffering from dementia in a seaside nursing home, would be all alone without her brother Dan, whose epic free-verse monologue tells their family story. Exile from Ireland and immigrant life in England. Their mother's trials as a call girl. Young Una's search for love in a seemingly haunted hippie squat, and the two-timing Scottish stoner poet she'll never get over. Now she sits outside in the sun as her memories unspool from Dan's mouth and his own role in the tale grows ever stranger-- and more sinister.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA swirling, psychedelic, bleakly funny fugue, Patrick McCabe's epic reinvention of the verse novel combines Modernist fragmentation and Beat spontaneity with Irish folklore, then douses it in whiskey and sets it on fire. Drinking song and punk libretto, ancient as myth and wholly original, \u003cem\u003ePoguemahone\u003c\/em\u003e is the devastating telling of one family's history--and the forces, seen and unseen, that make their fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSo here I am, mused Dan Fogarty\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eto himself, in the place all along\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ewhere I was meant to be\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ewith me travelling, surely, for a long time, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003edone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026amp; all me efforts now concentrated\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eon keeping on my kith \u0026amp; kin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026amp;, in the process, ensuring\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003etheir good name\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003enever again, in my presence, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eis slighted.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick McCabe\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1955 in Clones, Country Monaghan. He was a teacher and then he was not, having become a full-time writer. He is the author of, among other novels, \u003cem\u003eThe Butcher Boy \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eBreakfast on Pluto\u003c\/em\u003e, both of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize and adapted into feature films by Neil Jordan.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 600\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.73 x 8.5 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692273242175,"sku":"9781771964739","price":26.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1b51ca4bd05fe9400cb32b7aacc4f734.webp?v=1764994895","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/poguemahone-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}