If you're looking for this century's Ulysses, look no further . . . a stunningly lyrical novel * The Observer *
Poguemahone is a blistering, brilliant ballad . . . The characters are electric, the narrative fuelled with a brilliant frenetic energy - I loved this great song. McCabe is truly original -- Elaine Feeney
McCabe may be right when he claims that Poguemahone is his best book: it is startlingly original, moving, funny, frightening and beautiful -- Ian Duhig * The Guardian *
A bleakly comic, wildly original 600-page epic about loss, exile and mental illness . . . Poguemahone is, in content and execution, frequently astonishing . . . in its haunting strangeness and blazing originality, it deserves far more than a cult following * Times Literary Supplement *
Poguemahone, living up to its author's reputation, is daring, studded with brilliance * The New York Times Book Review *
Modernist and eager to push the boundaries of his own art and the art form of the novel, here is a novelist and novel to celebrate in all their ribald, audacious, outrageous and compelling brilliance * Irish Sunday Independent *
A marvel; McCabe's inventive use of enjambment and stanza layout push the boundaries of what is possible in narrative storytelling . . . A moving saga of youth, age and memory - by turns achingly poetic, knowingly philosophical and bitterly funny * Kirkus *
Lively and ambitious in form, this admirably extends the range of McCabe's career-long examination of familial and childhood trauma * Publishers Weekly *