{"product_id":"9780007162130","title":"The Road to McCarthy : Around the World in Search of Ireland","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Road to McCarthy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Pete McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePete McCarthy established one cardinal rule of travel in hisbestselling debut, \u003cstrong\u003eMcCarthy's Bar\u003c\/strong\u003e: \"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. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Road to McCarthy\u003c\/strong\u003e is a quixotic and anything-but-typical Irish odyssey that confirms Pete McCarthy's status asone of our funniest and most incisive writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Engaging… [McCarthy’s] curiosity is infectious and there’s plenty to amuse.”\u003cbr\u003e“Hilarious...If McCarthy isn’t telling a fabulous yarn himself, he’s quoting someone who is.”\u003cbr\u003e“McCarthy is stitch. Move over, Bill Bryson. You’ve finally met your match.”\u003cbr\u003e“An entertaining romp [and] a meditation on Ireland today.”\u003cbr\u003e“Highly engaging…a very funny book.”\u003cbr\u003e“Humorous and insightful…a delightful memoir.”\u003cbr\u003e“A lively, lusty quest. McCarthy travels like a Renaissance explorer with a film director’s lens.”\u003cbr\u003e“The funniest book I’ve read this year.”\u003cbr\u003e“A funny and believable travelogue.”\u003cbr\u003e“An engaging, evocative book.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780007162130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41038777974990,"sku":"9780007162130","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780007162130_f8bee1d9-d00e-46b0-bdfd-2f2fad12083c.jpg?v=1652157710","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780007162130","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}