?If you?re looking for this century?s Ulysses, look no further ? a stunningly lyrical novel? Alex Preston, Observer?Pitched ? deliriously ? between high modernism and folk magic, between gorgeous free-verse and hilarious Irish vernacular, Poguemahone is a stunning achievement ? profoundly affecting? David Keenan?A blistering, brilliant ballad of mad tales from rural Ireland to London Town. The characters are electric, the narrative fuelled with a brilliant frenetic energy. McCabe is truly original? Elaine FeeneyDan Fogarty, an Irishman living in England, is looking after his sister Una, now seventy and suffering from dementia in a care home in Margate. From Dan?s anarchic account, we gradually piece together the story of the Fogarty family.How the parents are exiled from a small Irish village and end up living the hard immigrant life...
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