THREE YEARS after this critically acclaimed comic short story collection, Juggling With Turnips, Karl MacDermott returns with a comic novel - 58% Cabbage.
58% Cabbage is about a sit-down nobody who tries stand-up comedy. Roddy Bodkin is 43. He recently lost his job. His long-term girlfriend is tiring of him. He feels he is getting old and life is passing him by. Can things get any worse? Oh yes, because now, he thinks he can become a successful stand-up comedian.
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Set in Galway, 58% Cabbage chronicles Roddy’s hapless adventures through funerals, sex, friendship, part-time employment, memory, and family, all the while grappling with a sense of loss and a loss of sense.
Karl was born in Galway. In 1988 he helped co-found The Comedy Cellar at The International Bar in Dublin with Barry Murphy, Ardal O’Hanlon, and Kevin Gildea. He has written for television and radio in Ireland and Britain.
58% Cabbage is published by The Black Spring Press Group, and is available from this month in Charlie Byrne’s. See www.karlmacdermott.com
