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'Funny, informative, wry and intelligent. I'd go anywhere with this man' Daily Telegraph |
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'Jocular, but never patronising, McCarthy is the ideal guide' The Times |
| 'In it's 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' Daily Telegraph |
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'Pete McCarthy is a funny man. You will know this if you have seen his
award-winning television work or heard him on the radio ... It is impossible
to mention comic travels without bringing up the name of Bill Bryson.
McCarthy is more to my liking: less smug, delivering more of a sense that
he actually noticed the places he passed through without making them seem
a freak show. And funny enough to have my neighbours pulling long faces
as I sniggered on the Tube the other day.' |
| 'A genuinely funny, yet affectionate and informative portrait
of the west of Ireland. His book is a collection of wry observations and
anecdotes, a skill he developed presenting eight series of Travelog on Channel
4 ... I can guarantee a read that will make you laugh out loud' Sussex Life |
| 'Comedian and broadcaster McCarthy takes a hysterical journey
through the Ireland of his childhood. An extremely enjoyable book that had
me rolling with laughter one minute and deep in thought the next' The Latest (Brighton) |
| 'McCarthy is a hilariously funny writer' The Times |