Sneeze and the steeple chasers tear drop you hot parts. Welcome to the Blind Buy podcast.

If this is your first episode, consider listening to an earlier episode.

To familiarize yourself with the lore of this podcast. All Blind Buy has a sore throat this week.

I have the beginnings of a sore throat and it's quite painful to talk, so I'll be keeping my

introduction quite brief. But I have a fantastic guest lined up for you. A couple of weeks back,

I was at the Patrick Kavanaugh Festival, a writer's weekend, up in Manen. And I got the chat with

the legendary writer Patrick McCabe, who's from Manen. Now when I say legendary, I don't use that

term lightly. Patrick McCabe has been sharplisted for the book or prize twice with his books,

The Butcher Buy and Breakfast on Pluto. I'm bored of them returning to incredible films,

Breakfast on Pluto. It was one of Killian Murphy's first proper roles, and he's still releasing

bangers. His book Pog Mahon came out last year I believe, and it's been compared to Ulysses.

If you haven't read The Butcher Buy, I strongly advise it. It is hilarious and heart-breaking,

with absolutely beautiful writing throughout. And if you don't want to read the book,

the film is also fucking fantastic. It's incredible, directed by Neil Jordan,

Schneider Conor is in it as Holy Mary, but if you do have the time, go for the book,

because you will not be disappointed. It is astounding. I've read the book about three or four times

in my life, and one of the reasons I was so excited to speak to Patrick McCabe was because

I had pretty bad writer's block. During lockdown, rereal bad writer's block, and it was deeply

unpleasant. And rereading The Butcher Buy got me out of writer's block. It reconnected me with

what I love about writing. It made me feel safe, because when you have writer's block,

you don't feel safe. You feel like you're a child in school, being scored by the teachers,

and everything you do is bad and wrong. When you get writer's block, and it goes on for too long,

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