Don't Look Back in Ongar

Don't Look Back in Ongar
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Author	Paul Howard
Illustrator	Alan Clarke
Cover artist	Alan Clarke
Language	English
Series	Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
Genre	Comic novel, satire
Set in	Dublin, 2019-20
Published	22 August 2024, Penguin
Publication place	Republic of Ireland
Media type	Print: paperback
Pages	320
ISBN	9781844886296
Dewey Decimal	823.92
Preceded by	Camino Royale

Don't Look Back in Ongar is a 2024 comic novel by Irish playwright and author Paul Howard and is the twenty-fourth and last novel in the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series.^[1]^[2] The title refers to the song "Don't Look Back in Anger" (and possibly the nostalgic Virgin Media TV series) and the Dublin suburb of Ongar.^[3]

Release

The novel was released on 22 August 2024.^[4]^[5]

Plot

Ross is turning forty, and his wife Sorcha still wants a divorce, and his father is causing trouble in Áras an Uachtaráin, while his son Ronan is working for villainous lawyer Hennessy. His mother Fionnuala, who has Alzheimer's, is placed in a luxury nursing home in Ongar.^[6]

Reviews

The Irish Times described the finale as "unexpectedly touching."^[7]

References

↑ O'Carroll-Kelly, Ross (29 August 2024). Don't Look Back in Ongar – via www.penguin.co.uk.
↑ "Ross O'Carroll-Kelly D4 satire book series to end after 24 years with final book release". Irish Independent. 31 May 2024.
↑ "Don't Look Back in Ongar ebook by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly". Rakuten Kobo.
↑ "Alan Hanna's Bookshop, Dublin. Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Untitled 24".
↑ "Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Bids Farewell In Final Novel". 31 May 2024.
↑ "We thank Ross O'Carroll-Kelly for the laughs as he bows out with a midlife swansong". Irish Independent. 23 August 2024.
↑ "Don't Look Back in Ongar: Ross O'Carroll-Kelly says an emotional, unexpectedly touching farewell". The Irish Times.

[1] O'Carroll-Kelly, Ross (29 August 2024). Don't Look Back in Ongar – via www.penguin.co.uk.

[2] "Ross O'Carroll-Kelly D4 satire book series to end after 24 years with final book release". Irish Independent. 31 May 2024.

[3] "Don't Look Back in Ongar ebook by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly". Rakuten Kobo.

[4] "Alan Hanna's Bookshop, Dublin. Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Untitled 24".

[5] "Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Bids Farewell In Final Novel". 31 May 2024.

[6] "We thank Ross O'Carroll-Kelly for the laughs as he bows out with a midlife swansong". Irish Independent. 23 August 2024.

[7] "Don't Look Back in Ongar: Ross O'Carroll-Kelly says an emotional, unexpectedly touching farewell". The Irish Times.

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v t e Ross O'Carroll-Kelly by Paul Howard
Novels	The Miseducation of Ross O'Carroll-Kelly (2000) Roysh Here, Roysh Now… The Teenage Dirtbag Years (2001) The Orange Mocha-Chip Frappuccino Years (2003) PS, I Scored The Bridesmaids (2005) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightdress (2006) Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade (2006) This Champagne Mojito Is the Last Thing I Own (2008) Mr S and the Secrets of Andorra's Box (2008) Rhino What You Did Last Summer (2009) The Oh My God Delusion (2010) NAMA Mia! (2011) The Shelbourne Ultimatum (2012) Downturn Abbey (2013) Keeping Up with the Kalashnikovs (2014) Seedless in Seattle (2015) Game of Throw-ins (2016) Operation Trumpsformation (2017) Dancing with the Tsars (2018) Schmidt Happens (2019) Braywatch (2020) Normal Sheeple (2021) Once Upon a Time in… Donnybrook (2022) Camino Royale (2023) Don't Look Back in Ongar (2024)
Other books	Ross O'Carroll-Kelly's Guide to (South) Dublin: How To Get By On, Like, €10,000 A Day (2008) We Need to Talk About Ross (2009) RO'CK of Ages (2021)
Plays	The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger (2007) Between Foxrock and a Hard Place (2010) Breaking Dad (2014) Postcards from the Ledge (2017)
Other	The Twelve Days of Christmas (2005) Characters

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