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The Stray Sod Country (2010)

by Patrick McCabe(Favorite Author)

3.39 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1608192741 (ISBN13: 9781608192748)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Bloomsbury USA

review 1: In my opinion McCabe has no equal in capturing the unique nature of the true Irish vernacular. Even if nothing were to happen in his books (which it most certainly does) his style of writing is like listening to a favorite uncle, I could just sit and read it all day long. In fact, you don;t read his books - you HEAR them. Stray Sod is laugh out loud with the dark, mysterious undertones that have become his trademark. Gripping, compelling - read it on my Kindle and couldn't put it down and I am supposed to be finishing a novel myself right now!
review 2: There's no one like Patrick McCabe. His specialty is the very dark yet cheerful psychopath. The narrator in this case is "the Fetch," a myth figure responsible for all of the peculiar and "out of character" thin... moregs people do and say. In 1950s Cullymore, they say and do some extraordinary things. But none of them, and this is the beauty of it for the Fetch, really understands what's happening. Think "the devil made me do it." McCabe explores evil in the world by focussing on a small Irish community. The narrator's unusual vocabulary is a large part of the fun, and I have to say that the priest's thought life is my favourite thing in the whole book. He makes me laugh aloud, even though he is cursing and swearing at a fellow priest and at parishioners. It's hard to rate the book, but it's a solid three, if not a four. less

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