The Talk of the Town by Ardal O'hanlon
Patrick Scully used to be his school's best striker, but now he's just a frustrated 18-year-old working in Dublin. Balls O'Reilly is getting all the attention, even from Scully's girlfriend. A weekend of drinking and fighting ensures that Scully's horrific secret will make him the talk of the town.
Mightily impressive' - Irish Times Ardal O Hanlon is blessed with a genuine literary talentFluently written and excellently constructed. A funny, moving and finally horrifying tale - Mail on Sunday A cracker. O Hanlon s grasp of dialect and teenage concerns is spot-on. And very funny - NME A kind of cross between The Diary of Adrian Mole and The Butcher Boy. He is extremely funny on the rituals and frustrations of small-town life and the nuances of adolescent embarrassment - Observer [With] its vicious humour, small-town melodrama and, in its depiction of the descent into adulthood in the sticky discos and student pubs of 1983, THE TALK OF THE TOWN is a corrosively funny riot of skinny ties and Soft Cell - The Face A funny, disarmingly savage tale of a teenager losing his soul in small-town Ireland - Guardian This impressive debut is lit with a real spark of the Irish comic grotesque - Sunday Times
Ardal O Hanlon was born in Ireland in 1966. He is best known for his role as Father Dougal Maguire in Channel 4 s BAFTA-Award winning comedy, Father Ted, for which he won Top TV Comedy Newcomer Award at the British Comedy Awards. He is also a stand-up comedian and actor and has appeared in films including Neil Jordan s The Butcher Boy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340693094 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340693096 |
| Title | The Talk of the Town |
| Author | Ardal O'hanlon |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 1999-01-21 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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