Final Ross O'Carroll Kelly book to be released

hoodie6029

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122209947#Comment_122209947

A mix from the last 6 or so. If you want to get into the books, something from the recession era books like NAMA Mia or Downturn Abbey would be a good start. Kinda the start of the new era for Ross, IMO anyway.

Mr S and the Secrets of Andorra’s box is one of my all time favourites too. Ross coaches the Andorra national rugby side, among other adventures.

Heroditas

There's some very touching moments in the books too, e.g. a touch of emotional maturity and him improving his relationship with his parents. The books are incredibly well written with quite a bit of depth to the characters, despite it being a comedy, albeit with some very dark moments in them

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122207246#Comment_122207246

Yeah, all the characters are not nice people even in the later books but it's just behind a bit more humour.

eightieschewbaccy

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I'm guessing the Ross O Carroll Kelly one is Operation Trumpsformation, I haven't read so can't comment on it. The Paul Murray one Is "A Prophet Song", an incredibly uncomfortable read but superb and would highly recommend.

Boscoirl

so many snort out loud moments over the years. Gutted to hear it’s finishing up.

The book I most look forward to each year

Insect Overlord

Started re-reading "The Miseducation Years" this morning and I'm already in danger of pissing off the neighbours from laughing so loudly. The delivery of every line is perfect.

Padre_Pio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122215696#Comment_122215696

I thought I had it! Oh well, trip to the charity shop.

Insect Overlord

I had to order an old copy of "The Teenage Dirtbag Years" online. Found one Irish book seller who had it for €2.50!

hoodie6029

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122216827#Comment_122216827

I picked up a load of old copies of the early books in a market in one Sunday years ago. They were clogging up the book shelves so I dropped them into the Oxfam book shop on Parliament St. That was an error…

TheSunIsShining

I actually have the first two originals - that he self-published and sold out of his boot as he says himself - before they were updated slightly and reprinted by O'Brien Press. I have quite a lot of the newer ones signed as I pre-order them, but I must get around at some stage to getting onto Paul Howard to sign the full set for me!

The first few books were absolutely hilarious to be fair - and were beyond accurate!

Say Your Number

Just started reading the last one, on the very first page

'The dildo of consequence seldom arrives lubricated - as Jamie Heaslip texted after Eddie O'Sullivan lost the Ireland job' 😂

PmMeUrDogs

Had the last one delivered this morning and I haven't opened it yet because I know I won't put it down, so it'll have to wait til the weekend. Absolutely gutted it's ending tbh.

Quite a lot underestimate the sheer intelligence of his writing, and the depth of his plots and characters, because of the massive amount of slapstick humour. Seriously great writer.

L Grey

Good riddance. 👍

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122533102#Comment_122533102

Back to the Gick with you.

nice bit of green

Listened to the podcast back catalogue earlier this year. On my 2nd book now, he’s hilarious. Glad I have loads more reading ahead of me.

HBC08

Just on holidays and finished rereading the first one again.(I'm saving the new one till holidays next year) I have them all so one a year on a beach should keep me going.

The Ross books are so underrated as others have mentioned. He's the same age as me aswell and it feels like we grew up together.....ifs that not loike,too benny a thing to say?

OU812

amazed nobody has tried putting them on film/video yet.
Rory Nolan who voices the audio books and played Ross in the plays is excellent.

Would love to see even a tv adaptation of several of them.

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122533467#Comment_122533467

Problem with adapting for screen is how do you bring across the narration / internal monologue. Break the 4th wall and speak an 'aside' to the camera maybe.

Works well in audiobooks or the readings of the Irish Times column.

https://shows.acast.com/ross-ocarroll-kelly

OU812

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122533488#Comment_122533488

4th wall would be perfect for it.

silliussoddius

Some of the characters, his children especially, descended too much into the absurd.

Padre_Pio

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122533488#Comment_122533488

Flea bag did it well

Heroditas

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122533444#Comment_122533444

GAY!!!

As the Rossmeister would say

griffin100

The quality lessened a bit with the newer books but they are all funny.

I think one of favourite bits (can’t remember the book) is where he’s at a dinner party and goes for a shite. He ends up with a monstrous turd that won’t flush so picks it out of the toilet and fecks it out of the toilet window. Goes back down to a silent dinner table, in a glass roof conservatory beneath the toilet window……

ledwithhedwith

new book on Spotify already for free. Well if you have spotify

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122536038#Comment_122536038

As well as being uncharacteristically crude for the series, I thought it was a bit of a fumble putting something that well known into a book.

BPKS

Seems like Paul decided to end this before he was cancelled.

His books were always a clever, funny look at Irish society. With the way things are in this country at the moment, that couldn't continue as he would probably get attacked by the loons on both sides of whatever culture war he takes the p1ss out of.

griffin100

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122536084#Comment_122536084

I'd never heard of it before, but I'm not from D4.

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122536224#Comment_122536224

Or after 24 books he decided to quit while he was ahead, and with a bloated midway.

HBC08

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122536224#Comment_122536224

He was taking the p1ss out of both sides (and very prophetic too) since the beginning.

I just reread the first book this week even though its 23years old I couldn't believe how relevant the satire was.

I doubt Paul Howard was worried about being cancelled. He'll probably talk about it at some stage but the commitment of putting out a quality Ross book every year must have consumed the majority of his adult life.

He is above being cancelled....like Tommy Tiernan or Dave Chappelle or Ricky Gevais!

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122536260#Comment_122536260

As said earlier, it was in an episode of Podge and Rodge. I'm certain I heard it somewhere else, and possibly even as a friend of a friend story. The humour wasn't always high brow but I thought it was a bit too American Pie for the series.