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Published on 5. May 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-84488-550-3 (ISBN)
Description
'FUNNIEST YET!' IRISH EXAMINER
A love affair born in rural Ireland! Two mismatched lovers, locked in a relationship that will change both of them . . . forever!
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly was brought up to believe that Gaelic games were invented for people too stupid to understand the laws of rugby. Little did he know that one day he would become a legend of Kerry football.
But then, his life has taken a lot of unexpected twists and turns.
His father is the Taoiseach of the country. His wife is an actual Government Minister. And his suddenly teenage daughter is heading for the Gaeltacht - and her very first rugby boyfriend.
And then there's Marianne . . .
Of course, Ross was too busy becoming a Gaelic football star to realise that his family - like the entire country - was being pushed towards a cliff edge. And he was the only man capable of saving Ireland's democracy.
Which is just like, 'Fooooooock!'
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'I hope this series runs for decades' BELFAST TELEGRAPH
'Ross is a national institution' IRISH TIMES
A love affair born in rural Ireland! Two mismatched lovers, locked in a relationship that will change both of them . . . forever!
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly was brought up to believe that Gaelic games were invented for people too stupid to understand the laws of rugby. Little did he know that one day he would become a legend of Kerry football.
But then, his life has taken a lot of unexpected twists and turns.
His father is the Taoiseach of the country. His wife is an actual Government Minister. And his suddenly teenage daughter is heading for the Gaeltacht - and her very first rugby boyfriend.
And then there's Marianne . . .
Of course, Ross was too busy becoming a Gaelic football star to realise that his family - like the entire country - was being pushed towards a cliff edge. And he was the only man capable of saving Ireland's democracy.
Which is just like, 'Fooooooock!'
__________________________
'I hope this series runs for decades' BELFAST TELEGRAPH
'Ross is a national institution' IRISH TIMES
Reviews / Votes
Another winner . . . I hope this series runs for decades * Belfast Telegraph * A triumph * Irish Times * Funniest yet! * Irish Examiner * [Ross's] epic voyage from south Dublin into the heart of GAA country offers readers a new lens through which to observe and laugh at the ultimate Irish urban-rural divide * Irish Times * Really sharp . . . I laughed a lot! -- Kevin Power * The Last Word with Matt Cooper *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 129 mm
Width: 197 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
288 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84488-550-3 (9781844885503)
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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.