The Order of the Phoenix Park

by Twenty Major

For three years Twenty Major has written a daily blog. Now though comes a tale so bizarre and abominable that mere words on a computer screen wouldnt have been able to do it justice. These words need to be on paper ...When Twenty Major's friend, record-shop-owner Tom OFarrell is brutally shot in the stomach, his dying act was to scrawl the number 60 in blood on his chest and dial Twenty's number into his phone. When Twenty is called to the scene of the crime he hasnt a clue why Tom was trying to contact him or what the hell the number 60 means. But himself and Tom go back a long way and he vows to find Tom's killer.Then things take a turn for the Folkapalooza is announced - a massive free concert due to take place in the Phoenix Park with headlining acts Damien Rice, James Blunt and David Gray.Something is wrong, really wrong. Why are people obsessed with Folkapalooza What has turned the Goths outside the Central Bank into acoustic loving drips Who is the ginger albino and how does it all link to TomCan Twenty, Jimmy the Bollix, Stinking Pete, Dirty Dave, Lucky and even Ron himself, save the people of Dublin and, less importantly, the rest of Ireland, from a fate that is, quite literally, worse than death And solve a murder along the way

280 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2008

Reviews

[Peter]

A quite surreal, crude and very funny Irish novel of the eponymous anti-hero and his assortment of heavy-drinking dysfunctional friends saving Ireland from the horrors of folk music as mobile phones brainwash the population into becoming acoustic hippie types and losing their individuality. It’s all cartoonishly violent with swipes at, and homages to, a range of musical genres and personalities with vividly portrayed characters such as Seamus the ginger albino, Jimmy the Bollix and dumb Dirty Dave

[David Cleary]

Really funny book. Great Irish humour.

[Jessica Fure]

Twenty is a dirty old bastard - not as dirty as Dirty Dave, not as bastardly as Jimmy the Bollix, but good enough. It's an excellent book for everyone who had the good sense to recoginize The DaVinci Code as a load of crap.

[Catherine]

Utterly hilarious! Loved it. Should come with a health warning