Breakfast on Pluto

Set in Ireland in the1970s, Breakfast on Pluto follows the exploits of Patrick Braden, an endearing but deceptively tough young man. Abandoned as a baby in his small Irish hometown and aware from a very early age that he is different, Patrick survives this harsh environment with the aid of his wit, charm and a sweet refusal to let anyone or anything change who he is. This is a surreal and magical tale, a funny, moving and poignant rites of passage novel. It is also a vivid and unsettling comment on the human price paid in the cultural and political climate of Ireland at that time.

'Dysfunctional Ireland in all its glories is here, with humour of the blackest hue, madness and violence, dodgy politicians, a grand gallery of misfits culminating in McCabe's hero in Breakfast on Pluto, Patrick Braden, the transvestite sex worker from the village of Tyreelin… Wild, hilarious, merciless and fiendishly clever' Ronan Farren,