Don't Look Back in Ongar

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Paul Howard in conversation with Róisín Ingle.

The Printworks, Dublin Castle

Dublin Book Festival 2024

Join us at Dublin Book Festival 2024, with over 100 literary and creative events programmed across 5 days in venues all around Dublin City. Celebrating Ireland's books, writers, illustrators and publishers.

Critically acclaimed as satirical masterpieces, the best-selling Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series of books is drawing to a close with Don’t Look Back in Ongar (Sandycove). In this final instalment, the nation’s favourite upper class yob returns home from bonding with goys on the Camino to pandemonium. His father is causing havoc in Áras an Uachtaráin, Sorcha still wants a divorce and Ronan has snubbed Harvard in favour of working for the dastardly Hennessy Coghlan-O'Hara. Our daring hero may have come home to catch a breath, but the real circus has only just begun . . . Join author Paul Howard in conversation with writer and journalist Róisín Ingle as they look back on his journey with Ross over the years. P lease note we may be capturing candid imagery at this event for use on our social media and website.To hear first about our future events sign up to our newsletter <a href="http://www.dublinbookfestival.com" title="http://www.dublinbookfestival.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.

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