- Paperback: 344 pages
- Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd (18 Nov 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1907211756
- ISBN-13: 978-1907211751
- Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 20.3 x 1.9 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,553,176 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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PARIS IS THE PITS (when you're down to your last Irish sausage!) Nellie, 18, exchanges the wilds of Kerry for the boulevards of Paris. She's convinced the City of Light will recognise her acting talent and transform her life into one of romance and glamour. Dream on, Nellie! Her tiny apartment is shabbier than the dog's kennel at home. Her friends are all loonies or losers. Her French lover goes awol and she's playing a corpse instead of Shakespeare's Juliet. Paris pounds her dreams to a pulp. But Nellie is staying put until that City of Love delivers the goods!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Paris is the Pits & Nellie Flanagan is a scream
22 Jan 2008
Why keep Nellie Flanagan on the Irish Sausage detail when she has much better cuisine waiting for her in Paris? From Dun-mo-Croi, Dublin is a nagging intermediate stop for this 18-year old who yearns for the stardom Paris (and ultimately Broadway) offers. The road to the bright lights is littered with obstacles and human dross conspiring to deny Nellie her break -- and her quest takes her through flames that devour nylon curtains and grunts of the needy who wear away the feet of saints with their kisses and tears. Then relief, when a customer who searches for a bra to cover unreasonably-sized appendages gets her the sack. This reader is starved for more of "Paris is the Pits." Bring on the foie gras. Paris is the Pits (When You're Down to Your Last Irish Sausage) - Official ABNA Entrant
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
"My prayers were heard. I didn't die from depression. They fired me from Tipps."
24 Feb 2008
I learned two lessons from this excerpt. Never buy anything from Tipps and don't read this excerpt with anything in your mouth.
Irish lass, Nellis Flannigan wants to be an actress. She's grown up in a a town of less than 2000 and she's ready to move up in the world and play Shakespeare, but time's running out--she's 19 and they don't cast Juliet much older than that. But, just in case she gets too old for that role, she's also studying for Shylock. I'd really like to see this version of "Merchant of Venice." I have no clue who they'd cast as Portia with Nellie as Shylock, but it'd be a riot.
After getting fired from Tipps, she's decided to go to Paris and she's asked her parents for the funds. Her Mom had secretarial school in mind--she wanted her to have a 'nice' life and Paris, well:
"But stuff like me going to Paris to be an actress is in the realm of the Pope having his belly button pierced and tangoing out the Mass."
Sure and you can hear the brogue in this excerpt. It's funny. Nellie's so young and so in love with her dream and her family--especially Aunt Nora, is a riot. This excerpt is well worth reading for the laugh value of the descriptions of Tipps merchandise alone.
I was a bit confused on when the infamous firing actually took place, but the general facts of the story are there. I'd still be reading if the excerpt wasn't over.
I'll raise a glass of stout tea to Brigitte Downey for her ABNA Top 100 position and offer her an Irish blessing for success.
Irish lass, Nellis Flannigan wants to be an actress. She's grown up in a a town of less than 2000 and she's ready to move up in the world and play Shakespeare, but time's running out--she's 19 and they don't cast Juliet much older than that. But, just in case she gets too old for that role, she's also studying for Shylock. I'd really like to see this version of "Merchant of Venice." I have no clue who they'd cast as Portia with Nellie as Shylock, but it'd be a riot.
After getting fired from Tipps, she's decided to go to Paris and she's asked her parents for the funds. Her Mom had secretarial school in mind--she wanted her to have a 'nice' life and Paris, well:
"But stuff like me going to Paris to be an actress is in the realm of the Pope having his belly button pierced and tangoing out the Mass."
Sure and you can hear the brogue in this excerpt. It's funny. Nellie's so young and so in love with her dream and her family--especially Aunt Nora, is a riot. This excerpt is well worth reading for the laugh value of the descriptions of Tipps merchandise alone.
I was a bit confused on when the infamous firing actually took place, but the general facts of the story are there. I'd still be reading if the excerpt wasn't over.
I'll raise a glass of stout tea to Brigitte Downey for her ABNA Top 100 position and offer her an Irish blessing for success.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A funny start for Nellie Flannagan
24 Jan 2008
Brigitte Downey's latest work, "Paris Is The Pits" shows her to be a witty and engaging writer, once again. She had me chuckling at the exploits and mannerisms of her young heroine Nellie Flannagan, who tries her best to become a Shakespearean actress. The characters of her native Ireland are humorous and human in her descriptions. This promises to be another enjoyable trip through Europe, Ireland and the land of comedy with an accomplished writer.
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