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Sportsman. Lover. Bon viviant. Cad. Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is many things to many people.

But ten years after he lifted the Leinster Schools Senior Cup, Ireland's most beloved rogue remains one of its most misunderstood figures. His accomplishments on the rugby field - and in the bedroom - remain the stuff of legend, but the truth about him remains hidden by the accretion of myth.

Now, for the first time, the lid is lifted on the enigma that is South Dublin's most eligible married man. In more than a hundred interviews with his family and friends - those who've loved him, hated him and slept with him - the first ever composite portrait of the Celtic Tiger's most famous cub emerges.

From the mother who didn't want him to the father who wanted him too much, from the friends who shared his misadventures to the women who shared his bed - or, failing that, a back alley or bus shelter - this searingly honest biography fills in all the blanks in the life of the self-styled Cock of Foxrock.


'One-liners are as sharp as ever' Irish Independent

'You'll look at Ross O'Carroll-Kelly in a whole new light ... highly enjoyable' Sunday Tribune

'Always a funny, sharp and humane writer' Irish Times



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Some day there will be a university course explaining the appeal of Ross O'Carroll-Kelly... Rarely has a character so despicable, so selfish, so self-obsessed and so utterly thick been so loved * Sunday Independent *
Consistently laugh-out-loud funny * Irish Independent *
Essential reading * Irish Daily Mail *

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 03/06/2010
      ISBN13: 9781844881796, 978-1844881796
      ISBN10: 1844881792

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Sportsman. Lover. Bon viviant. Cad. Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is many things to many people.

      But ten years after he lifted the Leinster Schools Senior Cup, Ireland's most beloved rogue remains one of its most misunderstood figures. His accomplishments on the rugby field - and in the bedroom - remain the stuff of legend, but the truth about him remains hidden by the accretion of myth.

      Now, for the first time, the lid is lifted on the enigma that is South Dublin's most eligible married man. In more than a hundred interviews with his family and friends - those who've loved him, hated him and slept with him - the first ever composite portrait of the Celtic Tiger's most famous cub emerges.

      From the mother who didn't want him to the father who wanted him too much, from the friends who shared his misadventures to the women who shared his bed - or, failing that, a back alley or bus shelter - this searingly honest biography fills in all the blanks in the life of the self-styled Cock of Foxrock.


      'One-liners are as sharp as ever' Irish Independent

      'You'll look at Ross O'Carroll-Kelly in a whole new light ... highly enjoyable' Sunday Tribune

      'Always a funny, sharp and humane writer' Irish Times



      Trade Review
      Some day there will be a university course explaining the appeal of Ross O'Carroll-Kelly... Rarely has a character so despicable, so selfish, so self-obsessed and so utterly thick been so loved * Sunday Independent *
      Consistently laugh-out-loud funny * Irish Independent *
      Essential reading * Irish Daily Mail *

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