McCarthy's Bar
Appearance
McCarthy's Bar is the best-selling book by travel writer and comedian Pete McCarthy. First published in 2000,[1] the book sold nearly a million copies[2] leading to McCarthy winning Newcomer of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2002.[2]
The book is often titled McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in Ireland.[3]
Plot summary
[edit]The book describes a series of trips McCarthy makes to Ireland in the late 1990s exploring his past and family history, as well as documenting how Ireland is coping with changing realities.
Publication
[edit]Its front cover features MacCarthy's Bar.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ McCarthy, Pete (2000). McCarthy's Bar. Hodder and Staughton. ISBN 0340766050.
- ^ a b Kearns, Martha (9 October 2004). "Award-winning 'McCarthy's Bar' author dies after long cancer battle". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ McCarthy's Bar
- ^ Boland, Rosita (5 December 2014). "The all-night hooley in MacCarthy's Bar revisited". The Irish Times. Retrieved 16 November 2021.