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By: Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: December 2015
Pages: 1
Categories: Literature
Language: English
Available as: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9781844881734
ASIN: 1844881733

'Ross O'Carroll-Kelly was a man who had it all - a cool set of wheels, a gaff on the right side of town and a face that made boyfriends jealous. But after the boom came the bang. South Dublin's most eligible married man is left penniless and alone thanks to pure bad luck. Are the good times really over? Is it too much to hope for another miracle? Ross O'Carroll-Kelly was a man who had it all - a cool set of wheels, a gaff on the right side of town and a face that made boyfriends jealous. But after the boom came the bang. South Dublin's most eligible married man is left penniless and alone thanks to pure bad luck. Well, that, an investigation by the Criminal Assets Bureau into the source of his old man's wealth, and getting caught conkers-deep in the family nanny. Are the good times really over? Is it too much to hope for another economic miracle? 'Gloriously, uproariously funny' IRISH TIMES'Comic genius' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT'Essential reading' IRISH DAILY MAIL'Un-focking-missable' IN DUBLIN'A brilliant fictional creation' EVENING HERALD'Consistently laugh-out-loud funny' IRISH INDEPENDENT'The sharpest writer of fiction in Ireland today - and I'm talking totally' IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY Ross O'Carroll Kelly is a phenomenon: best-selling author of dick-lit, phenomenal rugby player and God's gift to the women of Ireland. '

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