February 16, 2011
By Staff Reporter
THE NEW MURPHY’S LAW
Emmett C. Murphy
This book outlines 10 unconventional rules for making everything go right in your life and work. Accompanying the rules are supporting, and inspiring, stories from some famous and ordinary people. The book, priced at $15.95 and published by Chandler House Press, is written by Emmett Murphy, author of the New York Times business bestseller "Leadership IQ" and "The Genius of Sitting Bull: 13 Heroic Strategies for Today’s Business Leaders." For information, call Jacqueline McBride at (617) 254-4500.
AN IRISH EYE
John Hawkes
The late John Hawkes was the author of 16 novels, all available from Penguin. He was also the recipient of Le Prix Médicis Étranger, one of France’s most distinguished literary prizes. The narrator of this wild, highly inventive tale is an Irish orphan named Dervla O’Shannon who is living in a home for girls and is forced to pay entertainment calls to some of Ireland’s national heroes, sequestered at a home for old soldiers. This 160-page paperback costs $11.95.
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BREAKFAST ON PLUTO
Patrick McCabe
Patrick McCabe hit the world between the eyes with his fourth novel, "The Butcher Boy," and his fifth, "Breakfast on Pluto," is also receiving widespread acclaim, having been a Booker Prize finalist. The story recounts the hilarious and tragic escapades of Patrick "Pussy" Braden, a transvestite from the small Irish border town of Tyreelin. Set in London and Ireland, the narrative draws the reader into a collision between two opposite worlds, seedy London and the tortured Ireland of the Troubles. Published by Harper Collins. $22. Hardcover.
CONCERT REQUESTS
Frank Patterson
The Irish tenor is the stuff of musical legend and for some years now Frank Patterson has been adding to it. In this CD/Cassette, Patterson avoids the complex and obscure and performs a list of popular favorites, both Irish and international, from the Titanic love theme "My Heart Will Go On" to the haunting "Slievenamon." The CD is $14.95 and the cassette $10.95. To order, write or call E.P. Visions, 150 Main St., Port Washington, NY 11050, 1 (877) 277-2746 or (516) 767-8576.