Pete McCarthy established one cardinal rule of travel in hisbestselling debut, McCarthy's Bar: "Never pass a bar withyour name on it." In this equally wry and insightful follow-up, his characteristic good humor, curiosity, and thirst for adventuretake him on a fantastic jaunt around the world in search of hisIrish roots -- from Morocco, where he tracks down the unlikelychief of the McCarthy clan, to New York, and finally to remote Mc-Carthy, Alaska. The Road to McCarthy is a quixotic and anything-but-typical Irish odyssey that confirms Pete McCarthy's status asone of our funniest and most incisive writers.
About the Author :
Pete McCarthy was born to an Irish mother and an English father. He is a hugely popular British television personality and the author of the critically acclaimed international bestseller McCarthy's Bar. He is also a recent winner of the British Book Awards Newcomer of the Year Award and the Irish Post Award for Literature.
Review :
"With self-deprecating wit and a sly sense of the absurd, [McCarthy] makes even the most mundane experience entertaining." - Booklist
"Unfailingly sharp, good-humored and offbeat: sure to please Celtophiles of every greenish hue." - Kirkus Reviews
"The funniest book I've read this year." - The Independent (UK)
"McCarthy is a worthy addition to the ranks of P.J. O'Rourke, Bill Bryson and Peter Mayle." - Publishers Weekly
"A travelogue that's as hilariously gratifying as it is entertaining." - Entertainment Weekly
"An entertaining romp [and] a meditation on Ireland today." - Conde Nast Traveler
"Hilarious...If McCarthy isn't telling a fabulous yarn himself, he's quoting someone who is." - Washington Post
"McCarthy is stitch. Move over, Bill Bryson. You've finally met your match." - Chicago Tribune
"Highly engaging...a very funny book." - Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Engaging... [McCarthy's] curiosity is infectious and there's plenty to amuse." - St Petersburg Times
"A lively, lusty quest. McCarthy travels like a Renaissance explorer with a film director's lens." - Publishers Weekly
"Humorous and insightful...a delightful memoir." - Library Journal
"Hilarious, sentimental, surprising and revealing." - Dallas Morning News
"Fans of Bill Bryson will enjoy reading McCarthy's droll narrative of his rediscovery of his family's roots in Ireland."- - Library Journal
"An engaging, evocative book." - Mail on Sunday
"A volume [that] cannot fail to impress even the most world-weary traveller." - Books Magazine
"A hugely enjoyable book, heartfelt, self-aware and very funny ...an intelligent exploration of what it means to be Irish." - Kilkenny People
"A funny and believable travelogue." - London Times
