McCarthy's Bar

McCarthy's Bar is the best selling book by travel writer and comedian Pete McCarthy. First published in 2000,[1] the book sold nearly a million copies[2] leading to McCarthy winning Newcomer of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2002.[2]

Photo of the cover art

The book is often titled McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in Ireland.[3]

Plot summary

The book describes a series of trips McCarthy makes to Ireland in the late 1990s exploring his past and family history, as well as documenting how Ireland is coping with changing realities.

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gollark: Although somewhat more susceptible to tactical voting, I think.
gollark: I've heard good things about approval voting and score voting, which have the advantage of being very simple.
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gollark: Also, you can't actually convey much information through voting; there are probably, what, four choices at most, two of which are remotely serious. That's *one bit*.

References
  1. McCarthy, Pete (2000). McCarthy's Bar. Hodder and Staughton. ISBN 0340766050.
  2. Kearns, Martha (9 October 2004). "Award-winning 'McCarthy's Bar' author dies after long cancer battle". Irish Independent. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  3. McCarthy's Bar
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