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Patrick McGinley

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Patrick McGinley (born 1937) is an Irish novelist, born in Glencolumbkille, Ireland.^[1]

After teaching in Ireland, McGinley moved to England in the 1960s and settled in Kent. He pursued a career as a publisher and author. Among his strongest literary influences is his Irish predecessor, author Flann O'Brien, who McGinley emulates most noticeably in his novel The Devil's Diary.^[2]

Bibliography[edit]

McGinley's novels include:

Bogmail (1978)
Foxprints (1982)^[3]
Goosefoot (1983)^[4]
Foggage (1983)^[5]
The Trick of the Ga Bolga (1986)^[6]
The Red Men (1987)
The Devil's Diary (1988)
The Lost Soldier's Song (1994)

References[edit]

^ "Patrick McGinley". Irish Writers Online. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008.

^ Shea, Thomas F. "Patrick McGinley's Impressions of Flann O'Brien: The Devil's Diary and At Swim-Two-Birds." Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 40, No. 2 (Summer, 1994), pp. 272-281.

^ Sigal, Clancy (20 October 1985). "Murder in Suburbia". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

^ Cantwell, Mary (27 September 1982). "Books Of The Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

^ Morning, Mordecai Richler Was Thinking In Bed This; Maid, Said Maureen I'Ll Bet the Neighbors See Me As An Old; Yes, You As A. Sapless Bachelor do They Know That There'S More Heat In This House Than In All the Other Houses of the Townland Put Together Little; Indeed; Kevin, But There Is A. Problem In This Irish Arcadia Forty-Year-Old; Brother, Maureen Are Twin; Sister; Incest; Him, Kevin'S Conscience Tells (25 December 1983). "Siblings in Love". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

^ Kenner, Hugh (21 July 1985). "A Deep and Lasting Mayonnaise". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 August 2019.