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Dan Fogarty, an Irishman living in England, is looking after his sister Una, now seventy and suffering from dementia in a care home in Margate. From Dan’s anarchic account, we gradually piece together the story of the Fogarty family. How the parents are exiled from a small Irish village and end up living the hard immigrant life in England. How Dots, the mother, becomes a call girl in 1950s Soho. How a young and overweight Una finds herself living in a hippie squat in Kilburn in the early 1970s. How the squat appears to be haunted by vindictive ghosts who eat away at the sanity of all who live there.And, finally, how all that survives now of those sex-and-drug-soaked times are Una’s unspooling memories as she sits outside in the Margate sunshine, and Dan himself, whose role in the story becomes stranger and more sinister.Poguemahone is a wild, free-verse monologue, steeped in music and folklore, crammed with characters, both real and imagined, on a scale Patrick McCabe has never attempted before.

Francie Brady returns in this highly anticipated sequel, continuing his tumultuous journey. The narrative delves deeper into his complex psyche, exploring themes of identity, trauma, and the impact of a troubled childhood. As he navigates the challenges of adulthood, readers are treated to a blend of dark humor and poignant moments, showcasing Francie's struggles and growth. This installment promises to captivate fans with its rich character development and gripping storytelling.

Seven men wait in Mervyn's Mountain Bar, awaiting the arrival of Tony Begley and his six-inch boning knife, Sweety. Ray 'Ringo' Wade hides above them in the rafters, silent and consumed by shame as Jody, the only friend he's ever known, lies beaten and bound in the outhouse, waiting to meet his maker at the hands of the bar's raucous inhabitants. The reason for this bloody retribution? Ray and Jody went and jacked over the one and only William Walter Monroe - the man who took them in, for better or worse, and single-handedly moulded Glasson County into a place people could be proud of. To a man, they bear the mark of Cain, and the acts of the past are never far from the present. Insulated from the world by his shaky delusion, Ray Wade recounts the tale he has no choice but to live with. A backwoods sinfonia of rough poetry and black comedy about the love we give and the horror we visit upon one other - and ourselves.

Two Halloween horrors from the Booker-shortlisted hellraiser - two short novels in a special flip-over format.

Wenn es stimmt, was Chris McCoolvon seiner Jugend in den Swinging Sixties erzählt, machte er seinem Namen alle Ehre. Er tanzte in Samthosen und rüschenhemden auf den tischen der coolsten Clubs der Stadt, war begehrt bei den Frauen und von den Männern beneidet. Wenn es stimmt.

Chris McCool ist siebenundsechzig Jahre alt und so richtig zufrieden. Seine Freunde sagen, er sehe aus wie Roger Moore, und seine halb so alte, attraktive Freundin liest ihm jeden Wunsch von den Lippen ab. Sicher, als verstoßener, unehelicher Bastard einer Protestantin aus besserem Hause und einem katholischen Bauernlümmel war er für die Protestanten Katholik und für die Katholiken Protestant. Das ist durchaus ein Problem in Irland. Aber wenn er in seinem Ford Cortina durch die Straßen kreuzte, waren ihm alle Blicke sicher, die begehrlichen wie die neidischen. Doch dann waren da dieser Zwischenfall mit Ethel Baid, die geschändete katholische Kirche, die Missverständnisse mit Marcus Otoyo und die unangenehmen Geschichten aus der Irrenanstalt. In Die heilige Stadt präsentiert uns Patrick McCabe einen Erzähler, dessen Geschichte mit jeder Seite fadenscheiniger und löchriger wird. Es sind wohl kultivierte Löcher in der Erinnerung eines Mannes, der gegen die Wut, die Trauer und den Wahn anredet.

It is 1958, and as Laika, the Sputnik dog is launched into space, Golly Murray, the Cullymore barber's wife, finds herself oddly obsessing about the canine cosmonaut. Meanwhile, Fonsey 'Teddy' O'Neill, is returning, like the prodigal son, from overseas, with brylcream in his hair, and a Cuban-heeled swagger to his step, having experienced his coming-of-age in Butlin's, Skegness. Father Augustus Hand is working on a bold new theatrical production for Easter, which he, for one, knows will put Cullymore on the map. And, as the Manchester United football team prepare to take off from Munich airport, James A. Reilly sits in his hovel by the lake outside town, with his pet fox and his father's gun, feeling the weight of an insidious and inscrutable presence pressing down upon him. With echoes of Peyton Place and Fellini's Amarcord, and with a sinister, diabolical narrator at its heart, this is at once a story of a small town - with its secrets, fears, friendships and betrayals - and a sweeping, grand guignol of theatrical extravagance from one of the finest writers of his generation. From the closed terraces and back lanes of rural Ireland to the information super highway and global separations of our own, The Stray Sod Country is at once a homage to what we think we may have lost and a chilling reminder that the past has never really passed.

Vypravěčem románu je londýnský novinář Redmond Hatch, který se v osmdesátých letech dvacátého století vrací do krajiny svého dětství, zapadlého irského městečka, aby zde zdokumentoval změny, jimiž prochází moderní irská společnost. Setká se s lidovým hudebníkem Nedem Strangem, jehož povídačky ho brzy uchvátí. Až mnohem později se Hatch dozví, že Strange byl pedofilní vrah, který skončil život sebevraždou ve vězení. Hatchovi se mezitím rozpadá manželství, jeho žena prohlašuje, že se na ní dopustil násilí, a dosáhne toho, že je na něj uvalen soudní zákaz styku s rodinou. Hatch ze zoufalství začne pít a v jeho nemocné duši hraje čím dál větší roli přízračná postava Neda Strange. Nakonec předstírá sebevraždu a vytvoří si novou identitu. Věří, že by se mohl v Neda Strange proměnit, a náhodné setkání s bývalou manželkou ho postrčí do bodu, z nějž není návratu.

Set against the backdrop of the late 1970s, the narrative follows Joey Tallon as he navigates a tumultuous quest for enlightenment, influenced by T. S. Eliot's poetry. Struggling with intense desire and a yearning for connection, Tallon seeks his "place of peace," a spiritual refuge that may lie between his Northern Ireland hometown and Iowa, blurring the lines between heaven and hell. His journey reflects a deep exploration of identity and belonging amid a psychedelic landscape gone awry.

Eine geniale Parodie auf Hitchcocks Filmklassiker „Psycho“ - die Geschichte eines traurig-komischen Serienmöders Pat McNabb ist 45, eine traurige Gestalt und lebt immer noch bei seiner Mutter - oft teilt er sogar ihr Bett oder sitzt auf ihren Knien und beide schmettern Schlager wie eine zweiköpfige Musikbox. Aber irgendwann bereitet eine schwarze Pfanne dem Leben der Mutter ein Ende und Pat muss dafür sorgen, dass die Nachbarn in der irischen Kleinstadtnichts mitbekommen. Die Lieblingslieder seiner Mutter sind für Pat aber auch weiterhin schmerzhafte Erinnerung, Handlungsanleitung und Energiespender für den Umgang mit herzlosen Krankenschwestern, gierigen Torfverkäufern und dieverschiedenen Verwendungsmöglichkeiten von Mistgabeln.