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Ross O'Carroll-Kelly #15

Seedless in Seattle

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Like the great Jesus Christ himself, I had a lot of shit on my mind when I hit 33 ...I had three new-born future Ireland internationals to feed, a daughter in need of psychiatric evaluation and a teenage son obsessed with uncovering the shameful secrets of our family's 1916 past.Throw into the mix a sister missing in Orgentina, a wife struggling to lose the weight from her orse and an interfering father-in-law living under my roof.You can see why, like the Son of God, my life had become a major hassle.And just when I thought it couldn't get any more difficult, a moment of madness involving - what else? - the opposite sex persuaded Sorcha that I needed to have the unkindest cut of all.Seedless in Seattle is the fifteenth novel in Paul Howard's 'Ross O'Carroll-Kelly' series. Ross books - annual No 1 best-sellers - have sold over half a million copies, are annually nominated for the Popular Fiction prize at the Irish Book Awards - where they have won the prize an unprecedented three times - and are also critically acclaimed as satirical masterpieces.

386 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 15, 2015

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Pseudonym for journalist Paul Howard.

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27 reviews2 followers
October 3, 2015
The Ross O'Carroll-Kelly saga is a phenomenon. Incredibly funny, brilliant characters, and quicksilver, largely meaningless plots. They're also profound social commentary on recent Irish history. Like all of the other books, once you've started reading it, 'Seedless in Seattle' is impossible to put down. The Ross voice is uniquely idiosyncratic. It gets in your head, and unless you're very careful for a brief time you start looking at the world the way Ross does. This can be very hazardous if you start talking like Ross. This is a fantastic book, laugh out loud funny throughout, and an effective tonic against the blues. I can't wait for the next one.
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510 reviews3 followers
February 18, 2021
The Ross books are a unique breed, they need a scoring system all of their own.
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509 reviews5 followers
September 20, 2021
Typically funny outting for Ross and family, if I'm honest probably a 4.5 star book, saved for me when our favourite idiot tries to quote Romeo and Juliet, its probably the best line in the series. If you love the series you will love this, Ross causes mayhem in Argentina whilst trying to avoid the snip, Honour tries to improve her behaviour with the help of a counsellor, Ross tries to help his wife lose weight while trying to shift the in laws from his our, it goes on great read.
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240 reviews1 follower
September 15, 2017
This was my first Ross O'Carroll-Kelly book. I enjoyed it, I laughed out loud many times, but in between those laughs it varied from amusing to pretty dull.
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131 reviews5 followers
July 15, 2018
Ross always delivers. Loved this book from start to finish. His daughter is brilliant and like every husband, he supports his wife by saying nothing when asked difficult questions.
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935 reviews3 followers
April 18, 2025
Entertaining and stupid! This is a really funny book following a wild story. The characters are all humorous and each twist and turn can leave you laughing out loud.
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July 6, 2025
As Good as Ever

Paul Howard is an evil genius, and his creation Ross O'Carroll - Kelly is on top form again. This series goes on and on but never disappoints.
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6 reviews1 follower
October 31, 2015
Not the best of Ross in this instalment but did chuckle out loud. Hoping next one will be more eventful as I expect Ross will have a few wisdoms to share re World Cup!
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August 8, 2023
Found it over-used at a forgotten library and the type of humor caught me interest right away, lol indeed! But the way he speaks about women is well.. ugh!
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