- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Minerva (14 Oct 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749386886
- ISBN-13: 978-0749386887
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,085,260 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Irish Male at Home and Abroad is the hilarious sequel to Joe O'Connor's bestseller The Secret World of the Irish Male. From flirting lessons in downtown Manhattan to being offered a good ride in Disneyland by the now legendary Wanda, it was a long, strange and hilarious trip. Now, in The Irish Male at Home and Abroad, O'Connor returns faster, funnier and filthier than ever before. Impersonating Santa Claus in a busy Dublin store on Christmas Eve, spending a penny in Lord Jeffrey Archer's penthouse loo, traipsing the local-radio publicity circuit in 100-degree Australian heat, on the run in revolutionary Nicaragua, contemplating the Shroud of Turin, or making a deposit in a grotty sperm bank - here are tall tales and short stories: absurd, anarchic and unforgettably side-splitting adventures from home and abroad. Laugh-out-loud funny, yet always affectionate and sometimes poignant, O'Connor roams through an Ireland of wife-swapping sodomites and late-night sodalities, when not getting lost in the restless new Europe of beach holidays, terrible beauties and Baywatch lookalikes. It's going to be another weird and uproarious trip. But like Wanda once said: Hitch a ride, sweetheart, and hang on real tight!
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Funny, poignant and political,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Irish Male at Home and Abroad (Paperback)
I'd recommend this book on the strength of the Archer interview which would have to be one of the funniest pieces of writing I've read. O'Connor is also capable of some extraordinarily poignant writing without becoming mawkish - the importance of Boomtown Rats to a kid in a family falling apart had me on the verge of tears (well almost). Smart, witty and savvy writing that only the meanest soul could not enjoy
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Laugh out Loud Funny,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Irish Male at Home and Abroad (Paperback)
This has to be the funniest book I have ever read. I was reading this whilst away on business sitting in a beer garden drinking wine in a beautiful sunny Wales. At first I started to giggle to myself and then lauging and eventually I had tears streaming down my face with laughter, other customers were so curious to know what I was reading that I believe at least 9 more people have gone and bought the book since. This book is very funny and one I can relate to (although I'm Scottish), if Billy Connoly were to write a book based on his stand-up show, this is what I would expect to read. Joseph O'Connor is a very talented writer and I cannot wait to read his other books. Thoroughly recommended if you have a good sense of humour.
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This review is from: The Irish Male at Home and Abroad (Paperback)
With a great black sense of humour and deep sarcasm, O'Connor's observations for his column for the Irish Times on his experiences both at home and whilst travelling are side hurtingly hilarious.
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