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Highlights
- With T. S. Eliot's words as his guide, Joey Tallon embarks on a journey toward enlightenment in the troubling psychedelic-gone-wrong atmosphere of the late 1970s.
- Author(s): Patrick McCabe
- 341 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Crime
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Book Synopsis
With T. S. Eliot's words as his guide, Joey Tallon embarks on a journey toward enlightenment in the troubling psychedelic-gone-wrong atmosphere of the late 1970s. A man deranged by desire, and longing for belonging, Tallon searches for his"place of peace" -- a spiritual landscape located somewhere between his small town in Northern Ireland and Iowa ... and maybe between heaven and hell.
Review Quotes
"Spectacular...consistently wonderful...[Call Me the Breeze] leaves you breathless." -- San Francisco Chronicle
"Stunningly beautiful language" -- Boston Globe
"McCabe's deliciously warped wit is as razor-sharp as ever." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Brilliant." -- Salon
"McCabe's raw prose ... and flawed but likeable characters make for a hilarious novel." -- Maxim
"A weepingly explosive take on that most distressful border between two unstoppable political realities." -- Gaurdian (London)
"By turns fascinating, repulsive, heartbreaking ... [this] tale by the celebrated Irish author is a harrowing experience." -- Kirkus Reviews