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Breakfast on Pluto tie-in

Breakfast on Pluto tie-in

Current price: $13.99
Publication Date: November 29th, 2005
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
ISBN:
9780061121869
Pages:
224

About the Author

Patrick McCabe was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland, in 1955. His other novels include The Butcher Boy, The Dead School, and Call Me the Breeze. With director Neil Jordan, he co-wrote the screenplay for the film version of The Butcher Boy.

Praise for Breakfast on Pluto tie-in

"[McCabe is] one of the most brilliant writers ever to come out of Ireland." — San Francisco Chronicle

"[A] careening picaresque...antic debauch and sudden terror. Pussy's voice throughout is delightfully unhinged in its match of high camp and the poetic pretensions of the Irish barfly." — The New Yorker

"A screamingly funny look at a deadly reality." — Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"A surreal romp...An unsettling claustrophobic novel in which McCabe imaginatively distills Northern Ireland's public horrors as he compels us to inhabit Patrick Braden's private nightmare." — Boston Globe

"An unsparing account of Irish realities. [A] moving, brilliantly told tale...full of human comedy and cruelty." — Washington Post Book World

"Breakfast on Pluto may be the most successful book yet to be born out of the violence [in Northern Ireland]. . . . Stunning originality." — New York Times Book Review

"McCabe certainly has a talent for creating memorable characters who are worth spending some time with, warts and all." — Library Journal

"The very funny parts of the book ironically emphasize the ongoing horror of Ireland's religious wars. In his artful novel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, McCabe has created an unforgettable heroine." — Booklist

"By turns hilarious and pitiably lonely, Patrick ["Pussy"] Braden is an unforgettable hero." — Newsweek