Book description
Set in Ireland in the1970s, Breakfast on Pluto follows the exploits of
Patrick “Pussy” Braden, an endearing but deceptively tough young man.
Abandoned as a baby in his small Irish hometown and aware from a very
early age that he is different, Patrick survives this harsh environment
with the aid of his wit, charm and a sweet refusal to let anyone or
anything change who he is. This is a surreal and magical tale, a funny,
moving and poignant rites of passage novel. It is also a vivid and
unsettling comment on the human price paid in the cultural and political
climate of Ireland at that time. 'Wild, hilarious, merciless and
fiendishly clever' Independent on Sunday 'He is the fortunate possessor
of a savage and unfettered imagination; his books . . . dissect life's
miseries with a gleaming comedic scalpel' The Times 'It finds humour in
places that other writers are afraid to look for it' Sunday Telegraph
'This is a savagely funny and authentically tragic novel of an Ireland
in unhappy transition and beneath McCabe's perfectly delivered black
comedy lies an angry heart' GQ
Patrick McCabe was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland in 1955.
He is the author of the children's story The Adventures of Shay
Mouse and the novels Music on Clinton Street,
Carn, The Butcher Boy (winner of the Irish
Times/Aer Lingus Literature Prize and shortlisted for the 1992
Booker Prize), The Dead School, Breakfast on Pluto
(shortlisted for the 1998 Booker Prize), Mondo Desperando ,
Emerald Germs of Ireland and Call Me The Breeze . He
lives in Sligo with his wife and two daughters.
