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Title: McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland by Pete McCarthy ISBN: 0-312-31133-8 Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: 03 March, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.21 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Very funny and accurate
Comment: If you've spent any time in Ireland, you will laugh at loud at this book. And for those who haven't been to Ireland, it offers interesting insight.
Rating: 5
Summary: Thanks for the memories
Comment: I noticed "McCarthy's Bar" in the bookstore shortly before I left for a two-week ramble around Ireland. I put off buying it until I was back from my travels, then I sought it out. Several years separated my travels from Pete McCarthy's but I swear we met some of the same people, stayed in the same guesthouses, had the same reactions and frustrations and giggles, and felt the same blood-deep affection for the country and its people, natives and others alike. Reading through this book (and doing so slowly because I didn't want the journey to end) was like reading my own journal from a slightly different perspective. McCarthy immediately joins Bill Bryson and Tim Cahill on my shelf of worthwhite and recommended travel writers: the real ones...not the jet-setters who stay in posh hotels and view their chosen destinations through a motorcoach window with precisely timed stops for tea in tourist-approved establishments, but the ones who immerse themselves amongst the locals, sometimes unsuccessfully and with startling results, and write about their experiences with humor and healthy self-spoofing.
If you have any desire to hop over to Ireland, rent a car, and careen off down the back roads (i.e., most any Irish road) to see what you'll see, you'll enjoy "McCarthy's Bar."
Rating: 5
Summary: A laugh out loud book
Comment: Started to read this book, belonging to our hostess, in Ireland. We laughed out loud so much that we ran out and bought a copy of each of Pete McCarthy's books. Not only the funniest book we have read in quite a while, but the insight into tourism, the causes and effects, is enlightening. I had visited Ireland 15 years ago and was amazed at the changes. It has been "packaged" very nicely. The same has happened to many destinations that are being marketed for visitors. Having seen the Orient, South America, Europe and U.S. cities become either generic look alikes or quaintly packaged this book helped me see the humor in the situation. It also made me determined not to delay too long to see any places I have missed before the "facade" is orchestrated. You don't even have to be a traveler to thoroughly enjoy Pete McCarthy's delightful style.
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Title: Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks ISBN: 0312274920 Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: 07 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Road to McCarthy : Around the World in Search of Ireland by Pete McCarthy ISBN: 000716212X Publisher: Fourth Estate Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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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: Playing the Moldovans at Tennis by Tony Hawks ISBN: 0312305184 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Ireland (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Lisa Gerard-Sharp, Tim Perry ISBN: 0789494248 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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