Rhino What You Did Last Summer

Rhino What You Did Last Summer
Author	Paul Howard
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 and Los Angeles, 2007
Publisher	Penguin Books
Publication date	September 2009
Media type	Paperback
Pages	490
ISBN	978-1-84488-177-2
Dewey Decimal	823.92
Preceded by	Mr S and the Secrets of Andorra's Box
Followed by	The Oh My God Delusion

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 (June 1, 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.
^ "Acclaimed McCann tops bestseller list". Independent.ie.
^ 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.

[1] Gorman, Clare (June 1, 2015). The Undecidable: Jacques Derrida and Paul Howard. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781443883597 – via Google Books.

[2] "'Angry men' beat Bertie on bestseller list". Independent.ie.

[3] "Acclaimed McCann tops bestseller list". Independent.ie.

[4] ANNA, FERDIA Mac. "Inexcusably shallow, vulgar, puerile and offensive but it made me laugh". The Irish Times.

[5] "Paul Howard: Why I'm 'sooo' not done with Ross". Independent.ie.

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v Ross O'Carroll-Kelly by Paul Howard
Novels	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)
Other books	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)
Plays	The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger (2007) Between Foxrock and a Hard Place (2010) Breaking Dad (2014) Postcards from the Ledge (2017)
Other	The Twelve Days of Christmas (2005) Characters