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Irish Writer Alan McMonagle's second novel, Laura Cassidy's Walk Of Fame, is published by Picador in March 2020.
The book is available from all good bookshops. 
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'With cinematic zip and dazzling noir panache, McMonagle is back with a magical cracker, a new novel glistening as its historic sobriquet, ghosting the threadbare auditoria of the world...' -- Patrick McCabe
'An irresistible comedy of delusion and hope against self-sabotaging hope. Laura Cassidy's Walk of Fame has the frenetic energy and lacerating wit of Donleavy, but with its own trampled soul and pathos, shot through with yearning and thwarted ambition that glitters like an opening night. Compulsively readable, painfully funny.' -- Luke Kennard, author of The Transition
'Laura Cassidy’s Walk of Fame is a moving, sharp and utterly original read. A swift flowing write, brim full of brilliant characters who sing from the pages. McMonagle is pitch perfect in his portrayal of sibling love and tension - of the complexity of family. This novel is a wonderful observation of love and loss, the over-whelming voice of unfulfilled dreams and brilliantly excavates the trauma of grief we carry. Absolutely loved it!' -- Elaine Feeney, author of As You Were
'Snappy and slapstick, sly and ironic, Alan McMonagle’s comic prose is entirely his own and told with an unerring musicality.' -- Paul Lynch, author of Grace
'My heart was broken for Laura, yet I felt hope, that her facility for fantasy, which is no doubt delusional, is also for her, a haven of starry optimism, a world where dreams remain in tact in spite of reality adamantly saying otherwise. Heartbreaking, warm, funny, relevant and insightful.' -- Lisa Harding, author of Harvesting
'An irresistible comedy of delusion and hope against self-sabotaging hope. Laura Cassidy's Walk of Fame has the frenetic energy and lacerating wit of Donleavy, but with its own trampled soul and pathos, shot through with yearning and thwarted ambition that glitters like an opening night. Compulsively readable, painfully funny.' -- Luke Kennard, author of The Transition
'Laura Cassidy’s Walk of Fame is a moving, sharp and utterly original read. A swift flowing write, brim full of brilliant characters who sing from the pages. McMonagle is pitch perfect in his portrayal of sibling love and tension - of the complexity of family. This novel is a wonderful observation of love and loss, the over-whelming voice of unfulfilled dreams and brilliantly excavates the trauma of grief we carry. Absolutely loved it!' -- Elaine Feeney, author of As You Were
'Snappy and slapstick, sly and ironic, Alan McMonagle’s comic prose is entirely his own and told with an unerring musicality.' -- Paul Lynch, author of Grace
'My heart was broken for Laura, yet I felt hope, that her facility for fantasy, which is no doubt delusional, is also for her, a haven of starry optimism, a world where dreams remain in tact in spite of reality adamantly saying otherwise. Heartbreaking, warm, funny, relevant and insightful.' -- Lisa Harding, author of Harvesting
