Book description
After his brush with death Ross O'Carroll-Kelly - schools rugby
legend, award-winning author and lover of the ladeez - is back with a
renewed lust for life - all thrillingly revealed in The Shelbourne Ultimatum.
Ross wakes up from his coma to find a country that has changed
beyond recognition. Shrewsbury Road has become a ghost estate. Marks
and Spencer are selling microwavable coddle. And a Euro discount store
is about to open in the Powerscourt Townhouse Centre. And he was only
unconscious for twenty-four hours.
But never mind all that. The main thing is that whoever tried to
kill him missed all his vital organs. All his vital organs. And
having had such a lucky escape Ross vows not to waste another minute
of his life. There are thousands of women out there and just one Ross
to go around. He needs to focus.
Of course, life gets in the way. He has a daughter who hates him, a
son who is growing up way too fast and a soon-to-be-ex wife who is
resorting to increasingly desperate measures to stop the bank from
repossessing the house. Oh, and the Gords - get this! - think he's
lying to them.
Lying? Ross?
'Ross'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' RT Guide
The Shelbourne Ultimatum is the twelfth novel in Paul
Howard's 'Ross O'Carroll-Kelly' series. Ross books have sold half a
million copies, are annually nominated for the Popular Fiction prize
at the Irish Book Awards - where they have twice won the prize - 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! and
The Oh My God Delusion. The last of these was chosen
as Ireland's favourite book in Eason's 125th birthday poll.
