Seedless in Seattle

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly #15

by Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

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.

Genres: Irish Literature, Fiction

386 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 15, 2015

About the author

Pseudonym for journalist Paul Howard.

Reviews

[Derek Finnigan · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Ross books are a unique breed, they need a scoring system all of their own.
I hadn't read

[Wes · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Ted Farrell · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Francois · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hilarious as always

[David Cleary · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Jamie Horan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very enjoyable and easy to read.

[Matthew Harwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Michael Gill · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

hallarious.. ! one of his best work by far !

[Brid Molloy · Rating 4 out of 5]

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!

[Gary Boland · Rating 3 out of 5]

decent Ross book, better than it's predecessor

[Iuliana Naughton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny as usual, the next book can't come quickly enough!

[Ma Discovery · Rating 3 out of 5]

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!

[Pearse Cassidy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this book okay. Definitely not the worst book I've read.