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Set in the politically tumultuous london of the 1970s, breakfast on pluto follows the misadventures of patrick pussy braden, a transvestite prostitute on a quest to find love and a place to call home. Breakfast on plutos strangeness results from its recentness, as it presents a combination of a raw depiction of. Although this theme occurs in breakfast on pluto, it is conveyed more intensely and develops more meaning in the twelfth day of july. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Breakfast on pluto is a 2005 comedydrama film written and directed by neil jordan and based on the novel of the same name by patrick mccabe, as adapted by jordan and mccabe. Breakfast on pluto movie film cell bookmark memorabilia collectible complements poster book theater.

The film stars cillian murphy as a transgender foundling searching for love and her longlost mother in small town ireland and london in the 1970s. Breakfast on pluto tells the story of irish transvestite and one time prostitute patrick pussy braden. Breakfast on pluto is a book that draws you in and often breaks your heart, but can just as well leave you happy for the heroine on the next page. Patrick mccabe has set his novel in the troubled times of the early 1970s, when many irish people became. With cillian murphy, morgan jones, eva birthistle, liam neeson. The author derived the novels title from the 1969 hit record breakfast on pluto by don partridge. It makes perfect sense that the protagonist of breakfast on pluto is. The novel the twelfth day of july was set just before the troubles, whereas. Breakfast on pluto has direct references as it was set during the times of the troubles. Pussy isnt always likable, doesnt always do the smart thing, and gets herself into a good many situations that she could have avoided easily. Set during the 1970s and 80s, the book is presented as the autobiographical narrative of trans woman patrick pussy braden, written under the advice of a therapist. And the book which i would like to recommend is breakfast on pluto, a 1998 novel by patrick mccabe, one of the two books for which mccabe has been shortlisted for the booker prize. In the 1970s, a young trans woman, patrick kitten braden, comes of age by leaving her irish town for london, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the towns understanding.