Ross O'Carroll Kelly Books

About Ross O'Carroll Kelly

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is a satirical fictional character created by Irish author and journalist Paul Howard. Rugby jock Ross first appeared in a humorous column in the Sunday Tribune newspaper in 1998. So far, Ross has inspired over 21 books, 3 plays, a weekly podcast, and of course the ongoing newspaper column which now appears in the Saturday edition of The Irish Times. RO'CK of Ages, a collection of some of best newspaper columns, and the latest Ross O'Carroll-Kelly novel, Once Upon A Time in Donnybrook, are available now.

Paul Howard is also a prolific writer of non-fiction. He has written several books including ‘I Read the News Today, Oh Boy’, a biography of Tara Browne, the Irish-born heir to the Guinness empire. Paul is an accomplished children's author too, co-authoring the Gordon's Game children's book series with Gordon D'Arcy, and writing Aldrin Adams and the Cheese Nightmares.

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Camino Royale

'The name's O'Carroll-Kelly. Ross O'Carroll-Kelly.' As the great James Bond said, 'History isn't kind to men who play God.' How right the dude ended up being. My secret double-life was finally catching up with me. Sorcha wanted a divorce. I was facing jail time for taking my orse out in a pub in Cork. And there was a very good chance that my sister-in-law's surrogate baby was actually mine ? One by one, all of the goys turned their backs on me. Then came an unexpected plot twist. From beyond the grave, Fr Fehily - the M and the Q to our Leinster Schools Senior Cup-winning team - sent us all on one final mission . . . To walk the Camino - or die trying! It's, like, double oh fock!

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