Poguemahone
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Publishing:12th Nov '26
£12.99
This title is due to be published on 12th November, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
A gripping state of the nation novel in verse by one of Ireland's most important writers, Patrick McCabe.
A gripping state-of-the-nation novel in verse by one of Ireland‘s most important writers, Patrick McCabe.
‘If you’re looking for this century’s Ulysses, look no further’ - The Observer
‘Wildly original’ - Times Literary Supplement
Memory, loss and the long shadow of Irish history, told in verse by the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Butcher Boy, Patrick McCabe.
Dan Fogarty is visiting his seventy-year-old sister Una, who is living in a care home in Margate. Una has dementia, but she is still able to recall her youth, spent in a hippie commune in South London. A picture of their family’s history begins to emerge; the Fogartys were evicted from their home of Currabawn in Ireland in the 1950s, and both Dan and Una have been haunted by this forced exile.
A sprawling, dazzlingly inventive novel in verse, Poguemahone cements McCabe’s status as one of Ireland’s greatest writers.
Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.
If you’re looking for this century’s Ulysses, look no further . . . a stunningly lyrical novel * The Observer *
Poguemahone is a blistering, brilliant ballad . . . The characters are electric, the narrative fuelled with a brilliant frenetic energy — I loved this great song. McCabe is truly original -- Elaine Feeney
McCabe may be right when he claims that Poguemahone is his best book: it is startlingly original, moving, funny, frightening and beautiful -- Ian Duhig * The Guardian *
A bleakly comic, wildly original 600-page epic about loss, exile and mental illness . . . Poguemahone is, in content and execution, frequently astonishing . . . in its haunting strangeness and blazing originality, it deserves far more than a cult following * Times Literary Supplement *
Poguemahone, living up to its author’s reputation, is daring, studded with brilliance * The New York Times Book Review *
Modernist and eager to push the boundaries of his own art and the art form of the novel, here is a novelist and novel to celebrate in all their ribald, audacious, outrageous and compelling brilliance * Irish Sunday Independent *
A marvel; McCabe’s inventive use of enjambment and stanza layout push the boundaries of what is possible in narrative storytelling . . . A moving saga of youth, age and memory – by turns achingly poetic, knowingly philosophical and bitterly funny * Kirkus *
Lively and ambitious in form, this admirably extends the range of McCabe’s career-long examination of familial and childhood trauma * Publishers Weekly *
ISBN: 9781037404382
Dimensions: 197mm x 131mm x 39mm
Weight: 418g
624 pages