The Road to McCarthy : Around the World in Search of Ireland

by Pete Mccarthy

Release Date: 03 February, 2004

Edition: Hardcover

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Fast-Paced Fun Read

Fast-paced, often hilarious, this book is also gently thought-provoking. I was allowed to read a pre-publication copy while I was staying at Ma Johnson's Hotel in McCarthy Alaska. The author is astoundingly entertaining as the reader travels the globe in search of "all places McCarthy". Highly recommended.

Very, very funny

There's something about the Irish, isn't there? They seem able to poke fun at themselves as successfully as they are able to poke it at others. While Pete McCarthy is only half Irish, a percentage I'll bet he wishes he could change to at least � Irish, you'd never know it by his writing. He sounds Irish to his ale and whiskey-drinking core. His style most reminds me of Bill Bryson; they both have a similar ability to stand aside and look at life and one's own place in it with an eye toward humor, compassion, and appreciation for the foibles of our human race.
In The Road to McCarthy, the author takes us with him on what amounts to a travelogue as he gallivants around the world in search of kinfolk and towns and villages that serendipitously share his name - and faith and begore, the lad does find himself in some oddball situations. In fact, I think his compass doesn't turn toward North as much as it turns toward Daffy.
Delightful addition to a shelf of whimsical, irreverent travel books.