{"product_id":"game-of-throwins-9780241970454","title":"Game of Throwins","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Ireland''s finest comic creation since Father Ted'' \u003ci\u003eHot Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was a rugby player with a great future behind me. A 35-year-old father-of-five with an expanding waistline, who was trying to survive the bloody battlefield we call life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy son was locked in a violent turf war with a rival \u003ci\u003eLove\/Hate\u003c\/i\u003e tour operator, my daughter was in love with a boy who looked like Justin Bieber, and my old dear was about to walk up the aisle with a 92-year-old billionaire who thought it was still 1936.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was, like, staring down the barrel of middle age with the contentment of knowing that I was the greatest Irish rugby player who no one in Ireland had ever actually heard of. Until a chance conversation with an old Jesuit missionary made me realize that it wasn''t enough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI was guided, as if by GPS, to a muddy field in - let''s be honest - Ballybrack. And there I finally discovered my destiny - to keep a struggling Seapoint team in Division 2B of the All Ireland League. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOr die trying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Hides a heart of darkness beneath the layers of craic and great gas and great story-telling and human warmth. Ross O''Carroll-Kelly is Ireland!'' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A cracking and hilariously witty read'' \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Book after book, Ross O''Carroll-Kelly delivers the goods ... Howard is in a league of his own'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Business Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur nation's great satirist ... the most sustained feat of comic writing in Irish literature * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eA national treasure * Irish Independent *\u003cbr\u003eSnortingly funny one-liners ... there's plenty of gas left in the Ross tank * RTÉ Guide *\u003cbr\u003eSide-achingly funny * Sunday Business Post *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733403611479,"sku":"9780241970454","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241970454.jpg?v=1720000005","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/game-of-throwins-9780241970454","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}