A Drink with Shane MacGowan is a 2001 autobiographical

Autobiography

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 book of interviews between Shane MacGowan

Shane MacGowan

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan is an Irish musician and singer, best known as the original singer and songwriter of The Pogues.-History:...

, lead singer and frontman for the Irish band The Pogues

The Pogues

The Pogues are a Celtic punk band, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before...

, and his journalist girlfriend, Victoria Mary Clarke

Victoria Mary Clarke

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. The book is divided into eight acts in various places in Ireland

Ireland

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, England

England

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, and the United States

United States

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, including the house he grew up in County Tipperary

County Tipperary

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, a taxi, and Shannon Airport

Shannon Airport

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. The book is written in question and answer format.

MacGowan addresses such issues as his early childhood, musical influences, his early musical career and the history of the Pogues.