Game of Throw-ins by Ross O'carroll-Kelly
I was a rugby player with a great future behind me. A 35-year-old father-of-five with an expanding waistline, who was trying to survive the bloody battlefield we call everyday life. My son was locked in a violent turf war with a rival Love/Hate tour operator, my daughter was in love with a boy who looked like Justin Bieber and my old dear was about to walk up the aisle with a 92-year-old billionaire who thought it was still 1936. I was, like, staring down the barrel of middle age with the contentment of knowing that I was the greatest Irish rugby player who no one in Ireland had ever actually heard of. Until a chance conversation with an old Jesuit missionary made me realize that it wasn't enough. I was guided, as if by GPS, to a muddy field in - let's be honest - Ballybrack. And there I finally discovered my destiny - to keep a struggling Seapoint team in Division 2B of the All Ireland League. Or die trying.
Our nation's great satirist.. the most sustained feat of comic writing in Irish literature * Irish Times *
A national treasure * Irish Independent *
Snortingly funny one-liners ... there's plenty of gas left in the Ross tank * RTÉ Guide *
Side-achingly funny * Sunday Business Post *
A national treasure * Irish Independent *
Snortingly funny one-liners ... there's plenty of gas left in the Ross tank * RTÉ Guide *
Side-achingly funny * Sunday Business Post *
Game of Throw-Ins is the sixteenth novel in Paul Howard's 'Ross O'Carroll-Kelly' series. Ross books - annual No 1 bestsellers - have sold over a 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. Paul's Ross column in the Irish Times Magazine is one of the most viewed items on its website. He also writes for the hit TV series, Irish Pictorial Weekly, and is a highly respected and liked commentator and writer.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844883455 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844883450 |
| Title | Game of Throw-ins |
| Author | Ross O'carroll Kelly |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2016-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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