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Title: Not all that
Review: I was expecting to be wowed by Breakfast on Pluto, but it just didn't do it for me. I thought that Pussy's character was overblown to the point of triteness. Really, even with all her issues, she was quite the one-note sreechy diva. And the violent, o-the-brutality-of-The Troubles interludes just left me shrugging my shoulders. Overall, the book felt like a patchwork of gimmicks, from the narrative structure to the transvestite prostitutes to the torture scenes to the...well, I could go on. I haven't given up on Patrick McCabe, though; I'm planning on reading "Butcher Boy" to find out once and for all whether there is any truth to the McCabe hype.
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