Book Review: Pat McCabe's love letter to the underbelly of early '70s London

"What fun and what a joy to find that vital, energetic tone of the narrator in The Butcher Boy, here lent to Dan Fogarty and his band of intimates."
Pat McCabe: Author of ‘The Butcher Boy’ has created a vast world in his latest novel, ‘Poguemahone’.

Pat McCabe: Author of ‘The Butcher Boy’ has created a vast world in his latest novel, ‘Poguemahone’.

Sun, 24 Apr, 2022 - 14:30
Josephine Fenton

  • Poguemahone 
  • Patrick McCabe 
  • Unbound €20 hb 

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