{"product_id":"emerald-germs-of-ireland-pb","title":"Emerald Germs of Ireland (PB)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick McCabe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e First Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 12-01-2001\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmerald Germs of Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e combines the unstoppable narrative of McCabe's Booker-shortlisted \u003ci\u003eBreakfast on Pluto\u003c\/i\u003e with the ballad-like episodic format of \u003ci\u003eMondo Desperado\u003c\/i\u003e; the result is McCabe's most disciplined and best book to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePat McNabb is a sad sack of a man, 45 and still living at home with his abandoned mother--indeed, still sharing her bed and often to be found seated \"on his mother's knee, the pair of them singing away as though they were some ridiculous kind of two-headed human jukebox\". But then a thwack from a black saucepan takes away the life of mother McNabb and Pat embarks on an odyssey to cover up his heinous crime, taking a terrible toll on visitors to his house, including a lovestruck childless friend of his mother's and a scheming neighbour with designs on his land. Now his mother's songs haunt his life, at once provoking painful reminiscences and dictating the ingenious nature of the serial killings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plot allows McCabe to indulge his trademark grand Gaelic guignol, but even in its most excessive moments there's a sympathy for poor Pat that raises this above its inherent cruelty into something truly affecting. --\u003ci\u003eAlan Stewart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780330391610\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.5 x 5.7 x 1.4 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Note:\u003c\/b\u003e First edition, first printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e CollectibleVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32467025264684,"sku":"X23-I8Y-THX","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/products\/51YKBND4DGL.jpg?v=1582832809","url":"https:\/\/www.pigeonhousebooks.com\/products\/emerald-germs-of-ireland-pb","provider":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}