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Don’t Look Back in Ongar

The final book in the acclaimed bestselling Irish satire series

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Don’t Look Back in Ongar

By: Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
Narrated by: Rory Nolan
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It looked like it was Game Over for the Rossmeister General.
I was staring down the barrel of the big four-oh! And what did I have to show for it?

I was an out-of-work rugby coach who was soon to be divorced. My old dear was sliding away in a nursing home in a certain suburb of West Dublin. And my old man had brought the country to the verge of, like, nuclear annihilation.

And if that wasn’t bad enough, my teenage daughter was in love again. My sister-in-law was about to give birth to a baby that was possibly mine. And Castlerock College was about to go – I can’t even say the word – co-ed.

People kept saying that we were facing Ormageddon. But I was like, ‘Hey, it’s not the end of the world.’

Because Father Fehily used to say, ‘Sometimes good things come to an end so that better things can come to a beginning.’


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'I hope this series runs for decades' Belfast Telegraph

'An extraordinary run of sustained comedic excellence . . . brilliant' Irish Times

© Ross O'Carroll-Kelly 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

 Literature & Fiction Satire World Literature

Critic reviews

Our nation's great satirist
A national treasure
Book after book, Ross O’Carroll-Kelly delivers the goods . . . in a league of his own
Ireland’s finest comic creation since Father Ted
Satirical masterpieces
The single greatest chronicler of our times
Ross is a national institution
One of the funniest writers in the country
The social satire is as sharp as it gets ... compelling and carefully crafted
Laugh-out-loud funny (Anton Savage)
All stars
Most relevant
A wonderful finale to the book series, with real characters, laugh out loud jokes, and some genuine, genuine heartfelt moments. Also the Dublin name checks bring it to life as always. We will miss you Ross (in the books)

You can’t stop the RO’CK

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