McCabe's hilarious novel about Pat McNab, the small town serial killer. Or is he?
Meet Pat McNab, forty-five years old, often found endlessly puffing smokes and propping up the counter of Sullivan's Select Bar or sitting on his mother's knee, both of them singing away together like some ridiculous two-headed human juke box. But that was all before the story really begins.
Emerald Germs of Ireland is, in essence, Pat McNab's post-matricide year. This another great romp from the master of black comedy.
Author Information
Patrick McCabe was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland in 1955. He has published a children's story, five other adult novels, "Music on Clinton Street" (1986), "Carn" (1989), "The Butcher Boy", (shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize and a highly acclaimed film directed by Neil Jordan), "The Dead School" (1995) and "Breakfast on Pluto" (shortlisted for the 1998 Booker Prize) and a collection of interrelated stories, 'Mondo Desperado' (1999). He lives in Sligo with his wife and two daughters.