Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Patrick McCabe

Born: March 27, 1955 (age 70)
Bio: Patrick McCabe is an Irish writer. Known for his mostly dark and violent novels set in contemporary often small-town Ireland, McCabe has been twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, for The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto, both of which have been made into films.
Known for:
- The Butcher Boy (1992)
- Breakfast on Pluto (1998)
- The Dead School (1995)
- Winterwood (2006)
- Emerald Germs of Ireland (2001)