Ross O'Carroll-Kelly thought he had it all: Nice gaff, cool cor, plenty of dosh, a stake in Dublin's trendiest nightclub and a face that made boyfriends jealous. To say nothing of a beautiful wife and kids ... All that remained was for him to totally fock it up: And I mean, totally ... But did he see it coming? Of course not - too busy using his killer lines on the Seoige sisters: And then it hit me, all at once, on a lonely night in the Ice Bar ...
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's father, Charles, finally gets sent down for tax evasion and corruption, leaving Ross and his mother in a spot of bother.
My old schools coach, Father Denis Fehily, used to say: 'God, life and rugby balls - they all move in mysterious way.
Downturn Abbey is the story of how he tackles his new responsibilities. Or not. The century is not yet a teenager, yet everything is shrouded in gloom. People are tightening their belts, rationing and making do.
Except what I didn't realize was that Unganga Nanga was no country for old tens. Keeping up with the Kalashnikovs is the fourteenth novel in Paul Howard's 'Ross O'Carroll-Kelly' series.
'Keeping up with the Kalashnikovs' is the 14th novel in Paul Howard's 'Ross O'Carroll-Kelly' series.
The amount and number of books on Joyce in academic life has led to the term “The Joyce Industry” being coined. ... on the other hand, has written eight highly popular novels about an imaginary character, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly.
1 Celtic Tiger Ireland was just one exemplary space of such frivolity and excess; Ross O'Carroll Kelly was its chief ... Indeed, sustained critiques of the very distinction between “high” and “popular” literature in the academy over ...
Along the way, there has been a new Ross O'Carroll Kelly novel every year since 2000, including novels of the economic crash such as This Champagne Mojito is the Last Thing I Own (2008) and Downturn Abbey (2013).
numerous last two years at Castlerock College and his Leinster Senior Cup victory. The Teenage Dirtbag Years (Howard 2003a) sees Ross in his first year in a sports management course in UCD. The Orange Mocha-Chip Frappuccino Years ...
Downturn Abbey is the story of how he tackles his new responsibilities. Or not. The century is not yet a teenager, yet everything is shrouded in gloom. People are tightening their belts, rationing and making do.