Rhino What You Did Last Summer
Novel by Paul Howard
978-1-84488-177-2
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Rhino What You Did Last Summer is a 2009 novel by Irish journalist and author Paul Howard, and the ninth in the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series.[1]
The title refers to the film I Know What You Did Last Summer and to Ross's rhinoplasty.
Plot
Ross travels to Los Angeles to win Sorcha back; he and his family become reality television stars on Ross, His Mother, His Wife and Her Lover; Ross is persuaded to undergo cosmetic surgery, and Honor becomes addicted to caffeine. Fionnuala's novels begin to earn popularity in America.
Reception
The novel was the seventh highest-selling book in Ireland for the year 2009.[2][3]
In The Irish Times, Ferdia Mac Anna wrote that it was "inexcusably shallow, deliberately vulgar, puerile and offensive – and it made me laugh like a drain. Indeed, there are sequences so funny that I had trouble breathing."[4]
Author Paul Howard later admitted that taking the action outside of Ireland was a mistake: "Ross needs to be here in an environment that he - and the reader - knows well."[5]
References
- ^ Gorman, Clare (1 June 2015). The Undecidable: Jacques Derrida and Paul Howard. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781443883597 – via Google Books.
- ^ "'Angry men' beat Bertie on bestseller list". Independent.ie. 13 December 2009.
- ^ "Acclaimed McCann tops bestseller list". Independent.ie. 24 December 2009.
- ^ ANNA, FERDIA Mac. "Inexcusably shallow, vulgar, puerile and offensive but it made me laugh". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Paul Howard: Why I'm 'sooo' not done with Ross". Independent.ie. 13 September 2015.
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Ross O'Carroll-Kelly by Paul Howard
- 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)
- 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)
- The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger (2007)
- Between Foxrock and a Hard Place (2010)
- Breaking Dad (2014)
- Postcards from the Ledge (2017)
- The Twelve Days of Christmas (2005)
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