"Engaging… [McCarthy's] curiosity is infectious and there's plenty to amuse." - St Petersburg Times "Hilarious...If McCarthy isn't telling a fabulous yarn himself, he's quoting someone who is." - Washington Post "McCarthy is stitch. Move over, Bill Bryson. You've finally met your match." - Chicago Tribune "An entertaining romp [and] a meditation on Ireland today." - Conde Nast Traveler "Highly engaging…a very funny book." - Los Angeles Times Book Review "Humorous and insightful…a delightful memoir." - Library Journal "A lively, lusty quest. McCarthy travels like a Renaissance explorer with a film director's lens." - Publishers Weekly "The funniest book I've read this year." - The Independent (UK) "A funny and believable travelogue." - London Times "An engaging, evocative book." - Mail on Sunday "A hugely enjoyable book, heartfelt, self-aware and very funny ...an intelligent exploration of what it means to be Irish." - Kilkenny People "McCarthy is a worthy addition to the ranks of P.J. O'Rourke, Bill Bryson and Peter Mayle." - Publishers Weekly "Hilarious, sentimental, surprising and revealing." - Dallas Morning News "Fans of Bill Bryson will enjoy reading McCarthy's droll narrative of his rediscovery of his family's roots in Ireland."- - Library Journal "Unfailingly sharp, good-humored and offbeat: sure to please Celtophiles of every greenish hue." - Kirkus Reviews "With self-deprecating wit and a sly sense of the absurd, [McCarthy] makes even the most mundane experience entertaining." - Booklist "A volume [that] cannot fail to impress even the most world-weary traveller." - Books Magazine "A travelogue that's as hilariously gratifying as it is entertaining." - Entertainment Weekly

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