Let me ask you a question. Have you ever wondered why pretentiousness, jargon, bullshit and Having Notions Above Our Station are so rife in the world today? Well, there's now a recognized science that studies all of these forms of self-delusion. Welcome to the world of Bolloxology. We might not know it, but the modern world has subjected all of us to some form of Bolloxology. It's that moment when you've paid twenty euro for fish and chips just so it can be served on a piece of slate. It's when you share yet another Inspirational Quote of the Day against your better judgement. It's when you realize you haven't understood a word That Politician has said to you on your doorstep, yet you feel strangely compelled to take a selfie with him. It's about the passion, the `key learnings', the artisan chutney, the instacelebs. It's about the Pure Hames we're making of things. In Bolloxology, Colm O'Regan, comedian and author of the bestselling Irish Mammies books, shows that our world is now less a planet and more a hot air balloon. Illustrated by the hilarious Twisted Doodles, Bolloxology is an indispensable guide to the deceptive cod-infested seas of twenty-first-century life.

Colm O'Regan is a critically acclaimed stand-up comedian, columnist, broadcaster and author of three best-selling Irish Mammies books, Isn't It Well For Ye?, That's More Of It Now and It's Earlier 'Tis Getting, based on his @irishmammies Twitter account, which is now followed by over 200,000 people. He writes a weekly column for The Irish Examiner and has written for The Irish Times and BBC Online Magazine. Colm is a regular contributor on Irish radio and the BBC World Service and has hosted his own radio show on RTE 1, Colm O'Regan Wants a Word as well as contributing to the Drivetime Diaries. As a comedian, he has performed to sell-out crowds all over the world from Tokyo to Cape Town and including the Edinburgh Fringe, the Cat Laughs and the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival. His stand-up has also featured on RTE's Late Late Show and on Comedy Central. From Dripsey in County Cork, Colm now lives in Dublin (but he'll ring home on a Sunday evening for news).