The Road to McCarthy

His books are the best. Highly recommend this book and his others as well. Just wish he had lived to write more.

I ordered this book and received it in a couple of days. The condition of the book was great and better than expected. The book is a fun filled travel log of Ireland by the English/Irish writer Pete McCarty as he seeks to decide whether he is more Irish than English. He meets some very interesting people and decribes the places he visits in tongue-in-check detail. This is a warm hearted search for one's roots. I highly recommend it. I only wish Pete would have been around to write more a two or three books.

Not as funny as MACCARTHY'S BAR but still a great read. Learned a lot about the man and wish he were still around to write more.

Great

What a funny travel guide. I can really relate to this book. Highly recommended

Read this book many times - I still laugh out loud at the antics Pete McCarthy gets up to .... avoiding bills in a field, getting drunk in bars with strangers and of course trying to visit any bar with the name McCarthy in it!So funny and able to put a grin on your face.

Well worth a read, flits around the world but the funniest sequence was back home in Ireland and when I say funny I found it one of the best and achingly hilarious passages I have ever read !

I tried to read the book in a railway carriage full of commuters. As I got into the book I began to smile, then chuckle and then laugh uncontrollably. That's why I was embarrassed.Unlike other books which are difficult to put down this one had to be put down, or I fear I would have been.I have just ordered McCarthy's Bar.

McCarthy is a fabulously funny writer and this book is full of laughter, irony, and excellent lessons in antipodean history. A fantastic sequel to his last book "McCarthy's bar" which again was uproariously funny. Buy both of them but read the bar first because it sets the scene for his quest. The delivery from Amazon was very quick - much faster than predicted.