Ebook {Epub PDF} The Stray Sod Country by Patrick McCabe
It is , and as Laika, the Sputnik dog is launched into space, Golly Murray, the Cullymore barber's wife, finds herself oddly obsessing about the canine cosmonaut. Meanwhile, Fonsey 'Teddy' O'Neill, is returning, like the prodigal son, from overseas, with brylcream in his hair, and a Cuban-heeled swagger to his step, having experienced his coming-of-age in Butlin's, Skegness.3/5(10). · Not so in Patrick McCabe’s new novel, “The Stray Sod Country,” where a host of malignant spirits haunt and taunt the residents of an Irish hamlet called www.doorway.ru: Julia Scheeres. Patrick McCabe. AC Black, Sep 5, - Fiction - pages. 10 Reviews. Strangely elegiac, gloriously operatic and driven by Pat McCabe's wild and savage imagination, The Stray Sod Country is an eerie folk tale that chronicles the passing of a generation.3/5(10).
The Stray Sod Country. About the Book The Stray Sod Country. by Patrick McCabe. In , Cullymore is the type of small Irish town where everybody knows your name. So why does it suddenly feel full of strangers? Golly Murray, a well-liked Protestant wife and mother, finds herself wishing a violent death upon Blossom Foster. Patrick McCabe. It is , and as Laika, the Sputnik dog is launched into space, Golly Murray, the Cullymore barber's wife, finds herself oddly obsessing about the canine cosmonaut. Meanwhile, Fonsey 'Teddy' O'Neill, is returning, like the prodigal son, from overseas, with brylcream in his hair, and a Cuban-heeled swagger to his step, having experienced his coming-of-age in Butlin's, Skegness. The Stray Sod Country is Patrick McCabe's tenth novel, and is set in small-town Ireland in the s. He has also written a children's book, several radio plays, numerous short stories, and adapted some of his work for stage.
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