The Road to McCarthy : Around the World in Search of Ireland

The Road to McCarthy
Author(s): Pete McCarthy

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.

Review(s):
“Engaging… [McCarthy’s] curiosity is infectious and there’s plenty to amuse.”
“Hilarious...If McCarthy isn’t telling a fabulous yarn himself, he’s quoting someone who is.”
“McCarthy is stitch. Move over, Bill Bryson. You’ve finally met your match.”
“An entertaining romp [and] a meditation on Ireland today.”
“Highly engaging…a very funny book.”
“Humorous and insightful…a delightful memoir.”
“A lively, lusty quest. McCarthy travels like a Renaissance explorer with a film director’s lens.”
“The funniest book I’ve read this year.”
“A funny and believable travelogue.”
“An engaging, evocative book.”



ISBN:  9780007162130