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McGinley, Patrick Anthony was born on February 8, 1937 in County Donegal, Ireland. Son of Peter McGinley and Mary Anne Heekin.
( Set against World War II, this is a tragi-comic tale of...)
Set against World War II, this is a tragi-comic tale of an Englishman who tries to start a potato farm in rural Ireland, and is mistaken for a hero by the locals - with bizarre consequences, escalating to accidental death, suicide, and murder.
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('Goosefoot' moves its readers swiftly into a somewhat dan...)
'Goosefoot' moves its readers swiftly into a somewhat dangerous, Irish world, very memorable and magical. Patricia Teeling's Uncle Lar was the first person she told she had passed her Bachelor of Agriculture Science exam with first class honors. She told him while she was helping him change a tractor wheel. He said, "I knew you had it in you." And that evening, as the Teeling family celebrated, Lar said to Patricia, "I long ago decided that I would leave my house and farm to you, Patricia. And now I have a proposal to make. I would like you to come to live with me and run the farm as if it were already your own." Patricia said, "It's good of you to think so highly of me, Uncle Lar. But I feel I'm not yet ready for the farming life. I was thinking of taking a job in Dublin." "Glory be to God, Patricia, but you're the strange girl," said her mother in dismay. Perhaps her mother was right. Certainly Dublin was a completely foreign place for Patricia. She found a job quickly, and an apartment to share, but, though she had come to the city with a thirst for experience, at first her experience was one of reservations. She was capable and fearless, but it was all somewhat puzzling, and intangible - the city, her job, the pubs, Robert Foxley, and the Baggottys downstairs. And even her home seemed strange when she returned there for Christmas. Her farm background wasn't helpful enough. This is a witty novel, precise and powerful. Book Dust Jacket
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( Patrick McGinley is able to do what few novelists can: ...)
Patrick McGinley is able to do what few novelists can: write stories and characters that are drenched in place (specifically, rural Ireland), and yet totally devoid of cheap sentimentality. His landscapes have the edgy, ludicrous beauty of a dream - unstable and prone to capsize into nightmare.
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( Kevin Hurley and his earthy twin sister Maureen - who s...)
Kevin Hurley and his earthy twin sister Maureen - who share a remote Irish farmhouse with their bedridden, aged father -have been secret but unashamed lovers for thirty years, ever since their mother's agonizing death from cancer. But now, at 40, Maureen is pregnant, refusing either to go away or to have an abortion. So, to prevent the neighbors from drawing scandalous conclusions, Kevin must find Maureen a partner.
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(Set against World War II, this is a tragi-comic tale of a...)
Set against World War II, this is a tragi-comic tale of an Englishman who tries to start a potato farm in rural Ireland, and is mistaken for a hero by the locals - with bizarre consequences, escalating to accidental death, suicide, and murder.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312818165/?tag=2022091-20
(Variously reviewed as an "an unclaimed jewel of a book" a...)
Variously reviewed as an "an unclaimed jewel of a book" and a "truly funny, witty and stunningly well-told story of murder in a small Irish village near Donegal," Patrick McGinley's Bogmail is a dark, twisted and blackly hilarious tale of rural shenanigans in the deepest, darkest Northwest(est).
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McGinley, Patrick Anthony was born on February 8, 1937 in County Donegal, Ireland. Son of Peter McGinley and Mary Anne Heekin.
Graduate, Galway University, Ireland, 1957.
Various editorial positions in reference and technical public, 1962-1973; managing editor, Europa Public Ltd., London, 1973-1980; managing director, Europa Public Ltd., London, since 1980.
(Variously reviewed as an "an unclaimed jewel of a book" a...)
( Set against World War II, this is a tragi-comic tale of...)
(Set against World War II, this is a tragi-comic tale of a...)
( Kevin Hurley and his earthy twin sister Maureen - who s...)
( Patrick McGinley is able to do what few novelists can: ...)
(A truly funny and stunningly well-told tale of murder in ...)
(Forty-year-old Kevin Hurley and his twin sister Maureen l...)
('Goosefoot' moves its readers swiftly into a somewhat dan...)
Member Society Authors, Royal Society Literature.
Married Kathleen Frances Cuddy, 1967. 1 child, Myles Peter.