Name: The Road to Mccarthy
ISBN: 9780062020796

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

A Wry Detour

Follow an Irish-rooted journey around the world, guided by curiosity and a well-timed joke.

Come here for

Travel writing with a playful, searching spirit
An Irish odyssey that wanders from Morocco to Alaska

Expect

Good humor alongside sharp observation
A travel narrative more quixotic than typical

Book Details

Authors: Pete McCarthy
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: November 16, 2010
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Ireland Travel · Literary Travel
Reading lane: Ireland Travel

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Publisher Categories

Biography & Memoir
Personal Memoirs
Nature Writing
Adventure Travel

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Ireland Travel
Travel Writing

About This Book

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...

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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.