The Road to Mccarthy
Around the World in Search of Ireland
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 16, 2010
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.
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- Who it’s for
- Follow an Irish-rooted journey around the world, guided by curiosity and a well-timed joke.
- Themes
- Searching for Irish roots, Travel and adventure
- Genres
- Travel Writing, Personal Memoirs, Ireland Travel
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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.
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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.
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
Where it sits
| Personal Memoirs | 36% |
|---|---|
| Ireland Travel | 35% |
| Travel Writing | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Biography & Memoir
- Personal Memoirs
- Nature Writing
- Adventure Travel
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- Ireland Travel
- Travel Writing
- Authors
- Pete McCarthy
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- November 16, 2010
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Searching for Irish roots · Travel and adventure
- Reading lane
- Biography & Memoir