Braywatch

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Braywatch
Braywatch cover.jpg
AuthorPaul Howard
IllustratorAlan Clarke
Cover artistAlan Clarke
CountryRepublic of Ireland
LanguageEnglish
SeriesRoss O'Carroll-Kelly
GenreComic novel, satire
Set inDublin and Bray, 2017 – 2018
Published3 September 2020, Sandycove[1]
Media typePrint: paperback
Pages400
ISBN9781844884490
823.92
Preceded bySchmidt Happens 
Followed byNormal 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. "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. "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.
  6. ^ "Braywatch". Dubray Books.
  7. ^ "PressReader.com – Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com.
  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.


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