Patrick McGinley

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

After teaching in Ireland, McGinley moved to England where 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

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
  1. "Patrick McGinley". Irish Writers Online.
  2. 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.
  3. Sigal, Clancy (1985-10-20). "Murder in Suburbia". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  4. Cantwell, Mary (1982-09-27). "Books Of The Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  5. 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 (1983-12-25). "Siblings in Love". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  6. Kenner, Hugh (1985-07-21). "A Deep and Lasting Mayonnaise". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
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