Game of Throw-ins - Ross O’Carroll-Kelly
Game of Throw-ins - Ross O’Carroll-Kelly
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Published:
4 May, 2017
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Description
'Ireland's finest comic creation since Father Ted' Hot Press
I was a rugby player with a great future behind me. A 35-year-old father-of-five with an expanding waistline, who was trying to survive the bloody battlefield we call life.
My son was locked in a violent turf war with a rival Love/Hate tour operator, my daughter was in love with a boy who looked like Justin Bieber, and my old dear was about to walk up the aisle with a 92-year-old billionaire who thought it was still 1936.
I was, like, staring down the barrel of middle age with the contentment of knowing that I was the greatest Irish rugby player who no one in Ireland had ever actually heard of. Until a chance conversation with an old Jesuit missionary made me realize that it wasn't enough.
I was guided, as if by GPS, to a muddy field in - let's be honest - Ballybrack. And there I finally discovered my destiny - to keep a struggling Seapoint team in Division 2B of the All Ireland League.
Or die trying.
'Hides a heart of darkness beneath the layers of craic and great gas and great story-telling and human warmth. Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is Ireland!' Irish Times
'A cracking and hilariously witty read' Irish Independent
'Book after book, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly delivers the goods ... Howard is in a league of his own' Sunday Business Post
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780241970454 |
| ISBN10 | 0241970458 |
| Number Of Pages | 384 |
| Item Weight | 266 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 23 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Our nation's great satirist ... the most sustained feat of comic writing in Irish literature * Irish Times *
A national treasure * Irish Independent *
Snortingly funny one-liners ... there's plenty of gas left in the Ross tank * RTÉ Guide *
Side-achingly funny * Sunday Business Post *
Author's Bio
Don't Look Back in Ongar is the twenty-seventh book in Paul Howard's 'Ross O'Carroll-Kelly' series. Ross books have sold over one million copies, are annually nominated for the Popular Fiction prize at the Irish Book Awards - where they have won the prize an unprecedented three times - and are also critically acclaimed as satirical masterpieces. One of the series - The Oh My God Delusion - was chosen as Ireland's favourite book in Eason's 125th birthday poll.