Pete McCarthy: McCarthy's Bar, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Kurzbeschreibung

Number One in Ireland!
Number Two in Australia!
Number Ten in Britain!

Beschreibung

Pete McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.

Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways. Firstly obeying the rule 'never pass a pub with your name on it', he encounters McCarthy's bars up and down the land, and meets English hippies, German musicians, married priests and many others. A funny, affectionate look at one of the most popular countries in the world.

Rezension

'In its freewheeling, informal, jokey way, it is nothing less than an portrait of modern Ireland, in all its splendid contradictions. For a study on Ireland and Irishness, the book is exhilaratingly cosmopolitan in outlook ... Television's loss has been literature's gain.'Telegraph The Times

Klappentext

A funny and affectionate look at Ireland and the Irish, which was a bestseller in hardcover, and which should see Pete McCarthy establish himself within the travel writing genre. A high-profile marketing campaign will include Underground ads, colour national newspaper advertising, and an author tour.