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Game of Throw-ins
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly (Related to this series)
- Author
- Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
- Narrator
- Rory Nolan
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 31 December 2020
- Run Time
- 12 hours 29 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 4.0 (1 review)
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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 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.
'Ireland's finest comic creation since Father Ted' Hot Press
'Hides a heart of darkness beneath the layers of craic and great gas and great story-telling and human warmth. Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is Ireland!' Irish Times
'A cracking and hilariously witty read' Irish Independent
'Book after book, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly delivers the goods ... Howard is in a league of his own' Sunday Business Post
© Ross O'Carroll-Kelly 2016 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
Critics Review
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Our nation's great satirist ... the most sustained feat of comic writing in Irish literature
Irish Times
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A national treasure
Irish Independent
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Snortingly funny one-liners ... there's plenty of gas left in the Ross tank
RTÉ Guide
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Side-achingly funny
Sunday Business Post
User Reviews
Book 4.0
Narration 3.0
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Details
- Author
- Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
- Narrator
- Rory Nolan
- Duration
- 12 hours 29 minutes
- Release Date
- 31 December 2020
- ISBN
- 9780241991466
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Satirical fiction and parodies, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
- Rating
- 4.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 3.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. 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 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.'Ireland's finest comic creation since Father Ted' Hot Press'Hides a heart of darkness beneath the layers of craic and great gas and great story-telling and human warmth. Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is Ireland!' Irish Times'A cracking and hilariously witty read' Irish Independent'Book after book, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly delivers the goods ... Howard is in a league of his own' Sunday Business Post© Ross O'Carroll-Kelly 2016 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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