Author | Paul Howard |
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Illustrator | Alan Clarke |
Cover artist | Alan Clarke |
Country | Republic of Ireland |
Language | English |
Series | Ross O'Carroll-Kelly |
Genre | comic novel, satire |
Set in | Dublin, 2006–07 |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Publication date | 5 June 2008 |
Media type | Paperback |
Pages | 368 |
ISBN | 978-1-84488-125-3 |
823.92 | |
Preceded by | Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade |
Followed by | Mr S and the Secrets of Andorra's Box |
This Champagne Mojito Is The Last Thing I Own is a 2008 novel by Irish journalist and author Paul Howard, and the seventh in the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series. [1] It coincided with the beginning of the Post-2008 Irish economic downturn and the release of the first play about Ross, The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger . [2]
The title is a reference to Jonathan Rendall's novel This Bloody Mary (Is the Last Thing I Own). A champagne Mojito is a cocktail made with spearmint, rum, sugar, lime and champagne, which Ross purchases with his last €20.
Ross's father Charles is imprisoned, Ross is forced to work for a living as the economic crash coincides with his father's downfall, and his wife Sorcha leaves him. [3] [4]
The book was a bestseller. [5]
This Champagne Mojito Is The Last Thing I Own was nominated for the Popular Fiction award at the Irish Book Awards. [6]
Paul Howard is an Irish journalist, author and comedy writer. He is best known as the creator of the cult character Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, a fictional Dublin 4 "rugby jock".
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