The Talk of the Town by Ardal O'hanlon
A cracker. O Hanlon s grasp of dialect and teenage concerns is spot-on. And very funny NME Patrick Scully is special. At least he was in the 70s when he was the school team's best striker, but now he's just a frustrated 19 year old working in Dublin. In fact these days, Balls O'Reilly seems to be getting all the attention, particularly from Scully's girlfriend, Francesca. In a wild weekend of drinking and fighting, Scully tries to forget everything but knows that his horrific secret will ensure once again that he is 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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