POGUEMAHONE

If you re looking for this century s Ulysses look no further Observer Wildly original Times Literary Supplement 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 A sprawling dazzlingly inventive novel in verse Poguemahone cements McCabe s status as one of Ireland s greatest writers Now part of the Picador Collection a series showcasing the very best of modern literature