Testimonials
"Hi Cathal, very well done on such a fabulous book! I've been a U2 fan since 1982. You really took me back to the great days of seeing the boys steal the show at Live Aid and conquer the world with The Joshua Tree. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, and highly recommend it to all other U2 fans. Good luck!" Clive
"So your book arrived yesterday . . . it was so fun to read! I plan to read it again for sure. Some parts of it made me laugh out loud. And I am glad I am not the only person who has had an unsolicited emotional reaction to a U2 song. I will read it again. I think U2 fans will love it, especially since you grew up in Ireland, and those of us in the US are always wondering what it would be like to grow up in Ireland and see U2 on their home turf. Sounds like you have seen some killer shows, too." efdeat @U2 Forum
"Thanks for the very swift delivery! It's a very entertaining read, with your very engaging style of writing. A fan's perspective on the importance of U2's music and the influence it has had on them is long overdue, and you have achieved this supremely well." Alan
"I finished your book earlier today - it was a really good read! I didn't put it down once I'd settled in!" Meena
"It would be hard to find a more enjoyable, intelligently written and amusing book of its genre. In 'Me & U2' the reader is compelled to keep turning the page, enjoying the excellent descriptions of the feelings we all experienced as young people developing into adulthood. Yet at the same time we get to know the author as an individual since the same perfect descriptions enlighten us on McCarron's unique experiences growing up in the thick of Northern Ireland's troubles on a housing estate on the outskirts of Derry City. A city we would normally associate primarily with Bloody Sunday is brought to life as we follow him through his life from childhood on to adolescence and then on to university and beyond.
As the reader laughs and cries along with Cathal during the various stages of his life, we are aware of the importance of U2 as a reliable constant through good and bad times. I applaud the author for his candour brought so eloquently to the page
In short 'Me & U2' pulls the reader in from the very beginning, inspires you to dust of your old vinyls and makes you hum along to whatever U2 song Cathal puts in to your mind. - A superb read." Stephen H.
"Nice! A fun but surprisingly insightful read. You have described the full range of emotions that I have felt many times on listening to U2's music - and made me laugh out loud too! They're an important band to many people and I think most fans will really enjoy and appreciate this terrific book." Scott
"An affectionate and humble autobiography by just one of U2's millions
of fans, who's love of their music serves only to describe his obvious love of life itself. Fellow fans will a find rich source of connection
and potential debate in his views on their work, and anyone who's
love of music ever led them to recount stories of their past by
reference to the music they they were listening to at the time will
recognise something of themselves in this book." Sian Evans
"A unique piece of work; both interesting and entertaining." Jhan Rushton