Braywatch

Braywatch

Author	Paul Howard
Illustrator	Alan Clarke
Cover artist	Alan Clarke
Language	English
Series	Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
Genre	Comic novel, satire
Set in	Dublin and Bray, 2017 – 2018
Published	3 September 2020, Sandycove [1]
Publication place	Republic of Ireland
Media type	Print: paperback
Pages	400
ISBN	9781844884490
Dewey Decimal	823.92
Preceded by	Schmidt Happens
Followed by	Normal Sheeple

Braywatch is a 2020 book by Irish journalist and author Paul Howard and is the twentieth novel in the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

The title refers to the town of Bray, County Wicklow and the TV show Baywatch . ^[6]

Plot

Ross has become rugby coach at Presentation College, Bray. His daughter Honor has become a Greta Thunberg-style environmentalist. ^[7]

Reception

Writing in the Dublin Gazette , James Hendicott said that Braywatch was "exactly the kind of ludicrous frivolity that today’s Dublin needs" and that Ross is "so well-written that it’s hard to truly work out if his lack of self awareness, selfishness and deeply spoilt view on life actually make him a bad person, or just a fiercely misguided and unfaithful one who’s a little too stupid to understand fully how disgraceful he is." ^[8]

Braywatch was nominated for Popular Fiction Book of the Year at the 2020 Irish Book Awards. ^{[9] [10]}

References

1. McDermott, Stephen (20 October 2020). "Keelin Shanley, Luke O'Neill and Mary McAleese among this year's Irish Book Awards nominees". TheJournal.ie.
2. "The title of the new Ross O'Carroll-Kelly book has been revealed and it's inspired". LovinDublin.com.
3. O'Carroll-Kelly, Ross (27 May 2021). Braywatch. www.penguin.co.uk.
4. O'Carroll-Kelly, Ross (3 September 2020). Braywatch. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN   9781844884506 – via Google Books.
5. "55 new books you should keep an eye out for this autumn". Her.ie. 19 September 2020.
6. "Braywatch". Dubray Books.
7. https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/bray-people/20200422/281539408099422 – via PressReader.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
8. Hendicott, James (11 September 2020). "D4 cliche Ross O'Carroll Kelly has finest hour in newest book".
9. Doyle, Martin (11 June 2020). "Louise Kennedy, Niamh Campbell, Adrian McKinty and Michelle Gallen shortlisted". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
10. "A shortlist of the Post Irish Book Awards 2020 has been..." AlKhaleej Today. 20 October 2020.