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NAMA Mia!
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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NAMA Mia!
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:416 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Parodies and spoofs |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780141048512
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Classifications | Dewey:823.92 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Penguin Books Ltd
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Imprint |
Penguin Books Ltd
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Publication Date |
3 May 2012 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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 was 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 aovid focking it up was to keep my chinos buttoned. And, well, you can probably guess how that went. Praise for Ross O'Carroll-Kelly- 'Side-achingly funny' Sunday Independent 'Razor sharp, magnificently plotted and an utter joy to read' Irish Mail on Sunday 'Will leave you with pains in your cheeks from laughing' RTE Guide 'A smile per paragraph, a chuckle per page, and at least one belly laugh per chapter' Hot Press
Author Biography
Keeping up with the Kalashnikovs is the fourteenth novel in Paul Howard's 'Ross O'Carroll-Kelly' series. Ross books - annual No 1 bestsellers - have sold over half a 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. Titles include The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightdress, Should have Got off at Sydney Parade, This Champagne Mojito is the Last Thing I Own, Rhino What You Did Last Summer, NAMA Mia!, The Oh My God Delusion (chosen as Ireland's favourite book in Eason's 2011 125th birthday poll), The Shelbourne Ultimatum and Downturn Abbey.
ReviewsRoss'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 * RTE 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 *
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