WRITER

Patrick McCabe

1955 - Today

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Patrick McCabe (born 27 March 1955) is an Irish writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick McCabe has received more than 9,522 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick McCabe is the 7,146th most popular writer (down from 6,359th in 2019), the 456th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 416th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Irish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.5k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 31.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Winterwood
Life change events, Storytellers, Social change
2006
Mondo Desperado
1999
The butcher boy
Boys, Family, Fiction
1992
Emerald Germs Of Ireland
Fiction, horror, Ireland, fiction, Mothers and daughters, fiction
2001
Breakfast on Pluto
England, Fiction, Gay youth
Set in the politically tumultuous London of the 1970s, *Breakfast on Pluto* follows the misadventures of Patrick "Pussy" Braden, a transvestite prostitute on a quest to find love and a place to call home. Pussy narrates his own story, occasionally pausing to direct comments at Dr. Terence, the psychiatrist who suggested he write it. Born in the border town of Tyreelin, Ireland in the mid 1950s, Pussy is the product of an encounter between the village priest and his beautiful teenaged housekeeper. Abandoned by his mother and unable to contact his father, Pussy is raised by "Whiskers," a chain-smoking, beer-guzzling foster mother. When Pussy begins demonstrating a penchant for women's clothing and female impersonations, he is booted out of his house. He finds temporary contentment with a British politician who acts as sugar daddy until he is killed by the IRA, leaving Pussy alone once more. Searching for his birth mother, Pussy winds up in London where he finds himself hustling in Piccadilly Circus. Although decidedly apolitical, the terminally exuberant Pussy cannot help being drawn into the terror around him as his friends and lovers are murdered and bombings become a regular occurrence. As he flirts with a soldier in a club one night, a bomb explodes, blowing the soldier to ribbons. When Pussy is arrested on suspicion of planting the bomb, he begins to lose his already tenuous hold on reality. Despite the obvious losses, Pussy never seems to lose hope in his dream of finding love. A courageous optimist, Pussy Braden navigates a world splintered by violence with "pastiche, wickedness and cheek." He and his story are unforgettable.
1998
Call me the breeze
Fiction, Politicians in fiction, Politicians
2003

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Patrick McCabe ranks 7,146 out of 7,302. Before him are Dav Pilkey, Linda Grant, Clay Shirky, Vince Flynn, Kate Grenville, and Dorota Masłowska. After him are Ottessa Moshfegh, Pamela Geller, Elizabeth Edwards, Edward Kitsis, James Frey, and Mohsin Hamid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Patrick McCabe ranks 731. Before him are Allan Border, John Baldacci, Heidi Heitkamp, Butch Johnson, Ian Botham, and John H. Cox. After him are Joey Jones, Otis Birdsong, Richard Hieb, Jaspal Bhatti, Willie Miller, and John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Patrick McCabe ranks 456 out of 549. Before him are Kevin Moran (1956), Keith Wood (1972), Victoria Smurfit (1974), Matt Doherty (1992), Charlie McCreevy (1949), and Samantha Mumba (1983). After him are Eamonn Coghlan (1952), Brian O'Driscoll (1979), Daniel O'Donnell (1961), Troy Parrott (2002), Sonia O'Sullivan (1969), and Ian Harte (1977).

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Among WRITERS In Ireland

Among writers born in Ireland, Patrick McCabe ranks 61. Before him are Padraic Colum (1881), Sally Rooney (1991), Michael Davitt (1846), Claire Keegan (1968), Anne Enright (1962), and William Allingham (1824). After him are Stefan Molyneux (1966).

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