
Don't Look Back in Ongar
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly(Author)
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 1. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-4059-6359-6 (ISBN)
Description
The final instalment in the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series
* * *
It looked like it was Game Over for the Rossmeister General.
I was staring down the barrel of the big four-oh! And what did I have to show for it?
I was an out-of-work rugby coach who was soon to be divorced. My old dear was sliding away in a nursing home in a certain suburb of West Dublin. And my old man had brought the country to the verge of, like, nuclear annihilation.
And if that wasn't bad enough, my teenage daughter was in love again. My sister-in-law was about to give birth to a baby that was possibly mine. And Castlerock College was about to go - I can't even say the word - co-ed.
People kept saying that we were facing Ormageddon. But I was like, 'Hey, it's not the end of the world.'
Because Father Fehily used to say, 'Sometimes good things come to an end so that better things can come to a beginning.'
* * *
'Ross is a national institution' Irish Times
'One of the funniest writers in the land' Irish Independent
'I hope this series runs for decades' Belfast Telegraph
'An extraordinary run of sustained comedic excellence . . . brilliant' Irish Times
* * *
It looked like it was Game Over for the Rossmeister General.
I was staring down the barrel of the big four-oh! And what did I have to show for it?
I was an out-of-work rugby coach who was soon to be divorced. My old dear was sliding away in a nursing home in a certain suburb of West Dublin. And my old man had brought the country to the verge of, like, nuclear annihilation.
And if that wasn't bad enough, my teenage daughter was in love again. My sister-in-law was about to give birth to a baby that was possibly mine. And Castlerock College was about to go - I can't even say the word - co-ed.
People kept saying that we were facing Ormageddon. But I was like, 'Hey, it's not the end of the world.'
Because Father Fehily used to say, 'Sometimes good things come to an end so that better things can come to a beginning.'
* * *
'Ross is a national institution' Irish Times
'One of the funniest writers in the land' Irish Independent
'I hope this series runs for decades' Belfast Telegraph
'An extraordinary run of sustained comedic excellence . . . brilliant' Irish Times
Reviews / Votes
Our nation's great satirist * Irish Times * A national treasure * Irish Independent * Book after book, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly delivers the goods . . . in a league of his own * Business Post * Ireland's finest comic creation since Father Ted * Hot Press * Satirical masterpieces * Irish Daily Star * The single greatest chronicler of our times * Irish Independent * Ross is a national institution * Irish Times * One of the funniest writers in the country * RTE Radio One * The social satire is as sharp as it gets ... compelling and carefully crafted * Irish Examiner * Laugh-out-loud funny -- Anton Savage * Newstalk *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
290 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4059-6359-6 (9781405963596)
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Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
Don't Look Back in Ongar
The final book in the acclaimed bestselling Irish satire series
E-Book
08/2024
Penguin Books Ltd
€8.99
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Don't Look Back in Ongar is the twenty-seventh and final 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.