John Patrick McHugh at Books Upstairs
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We are delighted to present an evening with John Patrick McHugh to discuss his debut novel Fun and Games on Thursday 8th May at 6.30pm. Fun and Games is John Patrick’s highly-anticipated debut novel after his 2020 debut short story collection Pure Gold was published by New Island Books in 2021. John Patrick will be here to read and discuss his book and take questions from the audience.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
John Patrick McHugh is from Galway. His work has appeared in The Stinging Fly, Winter Papers, Banshee, The Tangerine and Granta and been broadcast on BBC Radio 3. He is the author of the short story collection Pure Gold. Fun and Games is his debut novel.
PRAISE FOR JOHN PATRICK MCHUGH:
‘One of the most exciting writers working in Ireland today’
– Sally Rooney, author of Intermezzo
‘One of the funniest novels I’ve read in years. John Patrick McHugh writes with an unerringly acute, mercilessly affectionate eye about the chaotic mores and inescapable entanglements of smalltown teenage life. This is a lively, bighearted coming of age novel that is an utter joy to read’
– Colin Barrett, author of Wild Houses
‘A remarkable depiction of burgeoning masculinity. With sensitivity and flair, John Patrick McHugh paints a portrait of a young man with vulnerability, compassion, and an illuminating and necessary kind of logic’
– Rebecca Watson, author of I Will Crash
‘Searing … John Patrick McHugh joins an illustrious generation of talented writers’
– Irish Times
‘Ireland produces writers the way some countries produce footballers, and the latest is John Patrick McHugh’
– Sunday Times
