Operation Trumpsformation

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Operation Trumpsformation
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Author Paul Howard
IllustratorAlan Clarke
Cover artistAlan Clarke
LanguageEnglish
Series Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
Set in Dublin, 22 May 2015 – 23 June 2016
Published21 September 2017
Publisher Penguin Books
Publication place Republic of Ireland
Media typePrint: paperback
Pages368
ISBN 978-0-241-97801-6
823.92
Preceded by Game of Throw-ins  
Followed by Dancing with the Tsars  

Operation Trumpsformation is a 2017 book by Irish journalist and author Paul Howard and is the seventeenth novel in the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series. [1]

Contents

The title refers to the TV series Operation Transformation and American President Donald Trump.

Background

Howard had nearly finished the book when Donald Trump won the 2016 United States presidential election; he felt he had to rewrite it to account for the state of the world: "I felt I couldn’t put out a book which didn’t reflect a Trump era." [2]

Plot

Gay marriage is legalised in Ireland. Fionnuala, Ross's mother, is imprisoned, accused of the murder of her second husband. Ross's triplets develop an interest in soccer. Ross's father, Charles, aims to emulate Donald Trump and build a wall around Cork. Honor adopts a transgender identity, becoming "Eddie."

Reception

Emer McLysaght, writing in The Irish Times , said that "All of the Trump comparisons and the very 2017 “woke” topics might initially seem a little clumsy and shoehorned in, but what Howard and O’Carroll-Kelly have once again managed to do is provide hilarious satire, enjoyably transparent commentary on political happenings at home and abroad, and masterful phonetic conversations across Ross’s own south Dublin circle." [3]

In Hot Press , Siobhán Hegarty said that "Howard's latest satirical offering sparkles throughout and is funnier than ever." [4]

Tara Flynn recommended it for one of her Christmas reads. [5]

Operation Trumpsformation was nominated for the Specsavers Popular Fiction Book of the Year at the 2017 Irish Book Awards. [6] [7] [8] [9]

It sold over 17,000 copies in 2017, being the tenth-bestselling book in Ireland for that year's Christmas. [10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ O'Carroll-Kelly, Ross (21 September 2017). Operation Trumpsformation. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN   9781844883837 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Barry, Aoife (30 September 2017). "Paul Howard had to scrap a Ross O'Carroll Kelly book because of Donald Trump". TheJournal.ie.
  3. ↑ "Operation Trumpsformation review: Rosser's on form again". The Irish Times.
  4. ↑ "Tomes To Go To". Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2023– via PressReader.
  5. ↑ Flynn, Tara. "Trump, poxes and Wikibeaks: the funniest books for Christmas". The Irish Times.
  6. ↑ "Time to honour the best of 2017's Irish writing". Independent.ie. 6 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Honoured to be included among these giants". Independent.ie. 20 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Shortlists announced for the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2017". The Irish Times.
  9. ↑ "Shortlist for book awards revealed". www.irishexaminer.com. 3 November 2017.
  10. ↑ McGreevy, Ronan. "Oh My God! Aisling beats David Walliams to coveted Christmas bestseller slot". The Irish Times.
  11. ↑ McGreevy, Ronan. "'Bad Dad' by David Walliams is Ireland's bestselling book of 2017". The Irish Times.
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