Patrick McCabe
Encyclopedia
Patrick McCabe is an Irish
novelist, known for his mostly dark and violent novels set in contemporary, often small-town, Ireland. His books include The Butcher Boy
(1992
) and Breakfast on Pluto
(1998
), both shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written a children's book (The Adventures of Shay Mouse) and several radio plays broadcast by the RTÉ
and the BBC Radio 4
. The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto have both been adapted into films by Irish director Neil Jordan
. He wrote a collection of linked short stories, Mondo Desperado, published in 1999
. The play Frank Pig Says Hello, which he adapted from The Butcher Boy, was first performed at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 1992 and of course his singles 'Swimming Pool' and 'Ballad of Audrey Dash' and residences at The Bridge Mall Inn and the Mallow Hotel.
The play Appointment in Limbo written by McCabe was premiered by Zelig Theatre in Galway's Town Hall Theatre in 2008. It was directed by Cathal Cleary.
His recent novel, Emerald Germs of Ireland (2001), is a black comedy featuring matricide. Winterwood, was published in 2006, and was named the 2007 Hughes & Hughes/Irish Independent Irish Novel of the Year
. The Holy City was published in 2009. McCabe lives in Clones with his wife artist Margot Quinn and two daughters, Katie and Ellen. The Stray Sod Country is his most recent novel, described as "Strangely elegiac, gloriously operatic and driven by Patrick McCabe's wild and savage imagination, the 'Stray Sod Country' is an eerie folk tale that chronicles the passing of a generation."
McCabe and film director Kevin Allen
are organizers of the Flatlake Festival a music festival held annually.
Ireland
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novelist, known for his mostly dark and violent novels set in contemporary, often small-town, Ireland. His books include The Butcher Boy
The Butcher Boy
The Butcher Boy is a 1992 novel by Patrick McCabe. It was shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize and won the 1992 Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Fiction.The Butcher Boy is set in a small town in Ireland in the late 1950s...
(1992
1992 in literature
The year 1992 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-New books:*Ben Aaronovitch - Transit*Julia Álvarez - How the García Girls Lost Their Accents*Paul Auster - Leviathan*Iain Banks - The Crow Road...
) and Breakfast on Pluto
Breakfast on Pluto
Breakfast on Pluto is a 1998 novel by Patrick McCabe. The book was shortlisted for the 1998 Booker Prize, and was adapted for the screen by McCabe and Neil Jordan; Jordan directed the 2005 film.-Plot summary:...
(1998
1998 in literature
The year 1998 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*March 5 - Tennessee Williams' 1938 play, Not About Nightingales, receives its stage première....
), both shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written a children's book (The Adventures of Shay Mouse) and several radio plays broadcast by the RTÉ
RTE
RTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...
and the BBC Radio 4
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
. The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto have both been adapted into films by Irish director Neil Jordan
Neil Jordan
Neil Patrick Jordan is an Irish filmmaker and novelist. He won an Academy Award for The Crying Game.- Early life :...
. He wrote a collection of linked short stories, Mondo Desperado, published in 1999
1999 in literature
The year 1999 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*June 19 - Stephen King is hit by a Dodge van while taking a walk. He spends the next three weeks hospitalized...
. The play Frank Pig Says Hello, which he adapted from The Butcher Boy, was first performed at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 1992 and of course his singles 'Swimming Pool' and 'Ballad of Audrey Dash' and residences at The Bridge Mall Inn and the Mallow Hotel.
The play Appointment in Limbo written by McCabe was premiered by Zelig Theatre in Galway's Town Hall Theatre in 2008. It was directed by Cathal Cleary.
His recent novel, Emerald Germs of Ireland (2001), is a black comedy featuring matricide. Winterwood, was published in 2006, and was named the 2007 Hughes & Hughes/Irish Independent Irish Novel of the Year
Irish Book Awards
The Irish Book Awards is an annual Irish literary award given to books and authors in various categories. It is the only literary award supported by all-Irish bookstores. First awarded in 2006, they grew out of the Hughes & Hughes bookstore's Irish Novel of the Year Prize which was inaugurated in...
. The Holy City was published in 2009. McCabe lives in Clones with his wife artist Margot Quinn and two daughters, Katie and Ellen. The Stray Sod Country is his most recent novel, described as "Strangely elegiac, gloriously operatic and driven by Patrick McCabe's wild and savage imagination, the 'Stray Sod Country' is an eerie folk tale that chronicles the passing of a generation."
McCabe and film director Kevin Allen
Kevin Allen (actor)
Kevin Allen is a British screenwriter, film director, film producer and actor. He is best known for writing and directing the cult black comedy feature Twin Town set in Swansea . He also directed the films The Big Tease and Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London and hit UK TV series Benidorm...
are organizers of the Flatlake Festival a music festival held annually.
Books
- The Adventures of Shay Mouse (1985)
- Music on Clinton Street (19861986 in literatureThe year 1986 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Michael Grade. Controller of BBC One, axes plans to televise Ian Curteis's The Falklands Play.-New books:*Kingsley Amis - The Old Devils...
) - Carn (19891989 in literatureThe year 1989 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:* February 24 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini places a US$3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.-Literature:...
) - The Butcher BoyThe Butcher BoyThe Butcher Boy is a 1992 novel by Patrick McCabe. It was shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize and won the 1992 Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Fiction.The Butcher Boy is set in a small town in Ireland in the late 1950s...
(1992) - The Dead SchoolThe Dead SchoolThe Dead School is a novel by Irish writer Patrick McCabe-Synopsis:Set in small-town Ireland, 'The Dead School' tells the intriguing story about two interacting characters: Raphael Bell, an old schoolmaster, and Malachy Dudgeon, a young teacher....
(19951995 in literatureThe year 1995 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*The Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea is opened by Jimmy Carter....
) - Breakfast on PlutoBreakfast on PlutoBreakfast on Pluto is a 1998 novel by Patrick McCabe. The book was shortlisted for the 1998 Booker Prize, and was adapted for the screen by McCabe and Neil Jordan; Jordan directed the 2005 film.-Plot summary:...
(1998) - Mondo DesperadoMondo DesperadoMondo Desperado is a book by Irish writer Patrick McCabe. It bills as a short story collection by the fictitious author Phildy Hackball, a homeboy from small-town Barntrosna.-Plot summary:...
(1999) - Emerald Germs of IrelandEmerald Germs of IrelandEmerald Germs of Ireland is a black comedy novel by Irish writer Patrick McCabe. Each chapter is begun with an Irish folk song.-Plot summary:The book focuses on the life of Gullytown homeboy Pat McNab, the village idiot...
(20012001 in literatureThe year 2001 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:* The film version of J. R. R. Tolkien's classic book, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, is released to movie theaters...
) - Call Me the Breeze (20032003 in literatureThe year 2003 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-New books:*Peter Ackroyd - The Clerkenwell Tales*Atsuko Asano - No...
) - Winterwood (20062006 in literatureThe year 2006 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Literature:*Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half of a Yellow Sun*Chris Adrian - The Children's Hospital *Martin Amis - House of Meetings...
) - The Holy City (2009)
- The Stray Sod Country (2010)
External links
- King of Bog Gothic, the Guardian, August 30, 2003
- http://maguiresmovies.blogspot.com/2006/01/interview-neil-jordan-pat-mccabe-rocky.htmlInterview with McCabe and director Neil JordanNeil JordanNeil Patrick Jordan is an Irish filmmaker and novelist. He won an Academy Award for The Crying Game.- Early life :...
for Breakfast on PlutoBreakfast on PlutoBreakfast on Pluto is a 1998 novel by Patrick McCabe. The book was shortlisted for the 1998 Booker Prize, and was adapted for the screen by McCabe and Neil Jordan; Jordan directed the 2005 film.-Plot summary:...
], January 2006.