{"product_id":"breakfast-on-pluto-9780060931582","title":"Breakfast on Pluto","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[A] moving, brilliantly told tale. . . full of human comedy and cruelty.\" -- \u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom internationally acclaimed author Patrick McCabe, the Booker Prize-nominated novel that tracks the chaotic life of an abandoned orphan who becomes a transvestite and braves the combustible streets of London in the 1970s.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith wonderful delicacy and subtle insight and intimation, McCabe creates Mr. Patrick \"Pussy\" Braden, the endearingly hopeful hero(ine) whose gutsy survival and yearning quest for love drive the glimmering, agonizing narrative in which the troubles are a distant and immediate echo and refrain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty years ago, her ladyship escaped her hometown of Tyreelin, Ireland, fleeing her foster mother Whiskers (prodigious Guinness-guzzler, human chimney) and her mad household, to begin life anew in London. There, in blousy tops and satin miniskirts, she plies her trade, often risking life and limb amongst the flotsam and jetsam that fill the bars of Piccadilly Circus. But suave businessmen and lonely old women are not the only dangers that threaten Pussy. It is the 1970's and fear haunts the streets of London and Belfast as the critical mass of history builds up, and Pussy is inevitably drawn into a maelstrom of violence and tragedy destined to blow her fragile soul asunder. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcCabe, Patrick:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePatrick McCabe was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland, in 1955. His other novels include \u003cem\u003eThe Butcher Boy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Dead School, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCall Me the Breeze\u003c\/em\u003e. With director Neil Jordan, he co-wrote the screenplay for the film version of \u003cem\u003eThe Butcher Boy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615257170194,"sku":"9780060931582","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_def0c4fa-b007-4e8b-a801-2c384abec5fd.jpg?v=1732479846","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/breakfast-on-pluto-9780060931582","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}