Culture That Made Me: Patrick McCabe picks Behan, Gigli and Peaky Blinders
Patrick McCabe has just published his latest novel, Poguemahone.
Patrick McCabe, 67, grew up in Clones, Co Monaghan. In 1992, his novel The Butcher Boy, which was about the life and troubled times of Francie Brady, was published. It became an instant classic and was adapted into a film by Neil Jordan, as was his 1998 novel Breakfast on Pluto, which starred Cillian Murphy. For several years, McCabe was co-organiser with film director Kevin Allen of the Flat Lake Festival, an arts and literary festival near Clones. His new novel Poguemahone is published by Unbound.
