NAMA Mia! - Softcover

O'Carroll-Kelly, Ross

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141048514 ISBN 13: 9780141048512

Publisher: Penguin, 2012

Synopsis

It was no country for young men. Or women...Unemployment, emigration and do-it-yourself hair colour kits were once again a fact of life. Taxes were on the up, the IMF were on the way and there was a cash for gold outlet in Foxrock Village. But the signs for recovery were good - for me, at least. I was the chief executive of one of the few businesses turning a profit in this town, a shredding company helping to dispose of the Celtic Tiger's dirty little secrets. And I was getting plenty of love action - as the boy-toy of an attractive sixty-year-old woman who was totally rolling in it. I never imagined myself ending up as a gigolo. But, as the saying goes, where there's a will, there's a way-hey-hey! With presents galore, sex on demand and a hot meal on the table every night, life was storting to look up again. All I had to do to avoid focking it up was to keep my chinos buttoned. And, well, you can probably guess how that went.

About this title

Review:

Ross's misadventures and on-the-nose observations never fail to provoke a laugh-out-loud reaction ... bursting at the seams with spot-on parody (Irish Times)

Will leave you with pains in your cheeks from laughing (RTÉ Guide on The Oh My God Delusion)

Side-achingly funny (Sunday Independent)

Ross at his best: razor sharp, magnificently plotted and an utter joy to read (Irish Mail on Sunday on The Oh My God Delusion)

While the writing is as sharp and LOL funny as ever, Ross's complicated relationships ... are movingly explored. The closing pages had this reviewer in tears - and, for once, they weren't of helpless laughter (Hot Press on The Oh My God Delusion)

About the Author:

Schmidt Happens is the nineteenth novel in Paul Howard's 'Ross O'Carroll-Kelly' series. Ross books - annual No 1 bestsellers - 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0141048514
• ISBN 13: 9780141048512
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416