Poguemahone

<p><b>‘If you’re looking for this century’s <i>Ulysses</i>, look no further’ - <i>Observer</i><br><br>‘Wildly original’</b><i><b> - Times Literary Supplement</b></i><br><br>Dan Fogarty is visiting his seventy-year-old sister Una, who is living in a care home in Margate. Una has dementia, but she is still able to recall her youth, spent in a hippie commune in South London. A picture of their family’s history begins to emerge; the Fogartys were evicted from their home of Currabawn in Ireland in the 1950s, and both Dan and Una have been haunted by this forced exile.<br><br>A sprawling, dazzlingly inventive novel in verse, <i>Poguemahone</i> cements McCabe’s status as one of Ireland’s greatest writers.<br><br><b>Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.</b></p>