Emerald Germs of Ireland (35 page)

“One of the most brilliant writers ever to come out of Ireland.”

—San Francisco Chronicle

“One of Ireland’s finest living writers.”

—New York Times Book Review

“A thoroughly Irish stew of pathos and bathos, deep melancholy and wild humor.”

—
Publishers Weekly

“Beneath the novel’s surface of violence and mayhem lurks a poignant vision of quotidian life full of heart, humor, and hallucinatory prose…. With energy and verve,
Emerald Germs of Ireland
explores the gap between [Ireland’s] sentimental ballads and the jagged experiences of one of her sons. The result is a dizzying novel, teeming with brilliantly odd yarns, rich with sorrow.”

—Cleveland Plain Dealer

“[Patrick McCabe] may be the first great writer whose work has actually gotten lighter and funnier as it’s gone deeper.”

—Wall Street Journal

“A yarn all fiction readers should enjoy.”

Booklist

FICTION

Music on Clinton Street

Carn

The Butcher Boy

The Dead School

Breakfast on Pluto

Mondo Desperado

PLAYS

Frank Pig Says Hello
(based on The Butcher Boy)

The Dead School

CHILDREN’S STORIES

The Adventures of Shay Mouse

“For What It’s Worth” words and music by Stephen Stills © 1991 Ten East Music, Cotillion Music Inc. and Springalo Toones. Warner/Chappell Music Ltd., London W6 8BS. Reproduced by permission of IMP Ltd.

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“The Turfman from Ardee” trad. arr. Margaret Barry © Matchbox Music; reproduced by kind permission of Saydisc Records.

“Whiskey on a Sunday” (Seth Davey) (The Puppet Song) words and music by Glyn Hughes © Copyright 1967 (Renewed) TRO Essex Music Ltd., London, England; used by permission.

“Fly Me to the Moon” (In Other Words) words and music by Bart Howard TRO. © Copyright 1954 (Renewed) Hampshire House Publishing Corp., New York, NY; used by permission.

“Old Flames (Can’t Hold a Candle to You)” words and music by Hugh Moffatt and Pebe Sebert © 1978 Rightsong Music Inc., USA. Wamer/Chappell Music Ltd., London; reproduced by permission of International Music Publications Ltd.

“Island of Dreams” words and music by Tom Springfield © 1962 Chappell Music Ltd. Warner/Chappell Music Ltd., London; reproduced by permission of International Music Publications Ltd.

“The Little Drummer Boy” words and music by Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati and Katherine ?. Davis © 1958 Mills Music Inc. and International Korwin Corp, USA Worldwide print rights controlled by Warner Bros Publications Inc/IMP Ltd. reproduced by permission of International Music Publications Ltd.

“South of the Border” words and music by Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr. Maurice-Peter Music Co. Ltd; reproduced by kind permission of EMI Publishing Ltd.

“Where Do I Begin” words and music by Sigman/Lei. Used by kind permission of Memory Lane Music Ltd. and the Songwriter’s Guild.

“Twenty-one Years” rec. Dermot Hegarty. Reproduced by kind permission of Outlet Music Recording Co.

“The Garden Where the Praties Grow” words and music by Johnny Paterson, Music trad. rec. John McCormack; reproduced by kind permission of Waltons Ltd.

“El Paso” words and music by Marty Robbins © Copyright 1959 and 1960 Noma Music Incorporated, USA and Mariposa Music. Administered by Integrated Copyright Group; reproduced by kind permission.

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A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2001 by HarperCollins Publishers.

EMERALD GERMS OF IRELAND
. Copyright © 2001 by Patrick McCabe.

First Perennial edition published 2002.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.

ISBN 0-06-095678-X

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