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Title: The Road to McCarthy : Around the World in Search of Ireland by Pete McCarthy ISBN: 0-00-716212-X Publisher: Fourth Estate Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Fast-Paced Fun Read
Comment: Fast-paced, often hilarious, this book is also gently thought-provoking. I was allowed to read a pre-publication copy while I was staying at Ma Johnson's Hotel in McCarthy Alaska. The author is astoundingly entertaining as the reader travels the globe in search of "all places McCarthy". Highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very, very funny
Comment: There's something about the Irish, isn't there? They seem able to poke fun at themselves as successfully as they are able to poke it at others. While Pete McCarthy is only half Irish, a percentage I'll bet he wishes he could change to at least ¾ Irish, you'd never know it by his writing. He sounds Irish to his ale and whiskey-drinking core. His style most reminds me of Bill Bryson; they both have a similar ability to stand aside and look at life and one's own place in it with an eye toward humor, compassion, and appreciation for the foibles of our human race.
In The Road to McCarthy, the author takes us with him on what amounts to a travelogue as he gallivants around the world in search of kinfolk and towns and villages that serendipitously share his name - and faith and begore, the lad does find himself in some oddball situations. In fact, I think his compass doesn't turn toward North as much as it turns toward Daffy.
Delightful addition to a shelf of whimsical, irreverent travel books.
Rating: 4
Summary: Stylish writing - witty observations - wonderfully strange
Comment: Pete McCarthy has a wonderfully perverse view of the world with a keen eye for a locale and the ability to write it all down in a way that comes out delightfully funny. In this book he travels around the world looking for all things McCarthy and imbues an Irish hue to everything with a variety of brewed, distilled, and fermented beverages for flavoring.
While his style seems off-hand and even happenstance, it is clear he takes time to dig into the history of the places he visits and is able to use that history as a way to move his narrative along and to propel his adventures. If you like travel writing - especially humorous travel writing - you will likely enjoy this book. Particularly if you view the world with an Irish bent to things. I think you will find this a fund way to spend a few hours on a fun vacation with a witty travel companion.
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Title: McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland by Pete McCarthy ISBN: 0312311338 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 03 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks ISBN: 0312274920 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 07 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Empress Orchid : A Novel by Anchee Min ISBN: 0618068872 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: McCarthy's Bar : A Journey Of Discovery In The West Of Ireland by Pete McCarthy ISBN: 0312272103 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 28 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: A Question of Attraction : A Novel by DAVID NICHOLLS ISBN: 1400061814 Publisher: Villard Pub. Date: 13 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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