The Scrapper - Couverture souple

O'Carroll, Brendan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0862785383 ISBN 13 : 9780862785383

Editeur : O'Brien Press Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

Book by OCarroll Brendan

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Author and star of the Bafta-nominated sitcom Mrs Browne's Boys, the Brendan O'Carroll story begins very modestly. The youngest of eleven children, Brendan O'Carroll was born in Dublin's inner-city in 1955. His mother, Maureen was a Labour TD (MP) and a huge influence on his life. He left school at 12 and worked as a waiter, trying many other occupations in his spare time - disco manager, milkman, pirate radio disc-jockey, painter-decorator etc. For a time he ran his own bar and cabaret lounge before being persuaded to try the comedy circuit. The gigs were small at first and even included his own version of 'Blind Date', but word soon got round about this original and outrageous funnyman and then there was standing-room only. The real turning point in Brendan's career was his first appearance on The Late Late Show, Ireland's longest-running chat show: the studio audience and the viewers loved him. His first video Live at the Tivoli went straight to No 1, knocking U2 out of the top slot and pushing Garth Brooks to No 3. He was voted Ireland's No 1 Variety Entertainer at the National Entertainment Awards. He has made many top-selling videos, and a bestselling record, as well as touring in Ireland, the UK and the USA. The radio show Mrs Browne's Boys, written by and starring Brendan, had a phenomenal audience and led to the creation of Agnes Browne as the central character in Brendan's first novel, The Mammy. The book topped the bestseller charts in Ireland for months and was filmed by Anjelica Huston as "Agnes Browne". The sequel to The Mammy, The Chisellers, was also a long-running bestseller, and the final book in the trilogy, The Granny, went straight to No 1 in the Irish Bestseller list; the first print-run sold out immediately. Meanwhile Brendan wrote a play, The Course, which had a five-month sell-out run in Dublin in has toured in England, Scotland and Canada. Brendan can be seen on the big screen in the film of Roddy Doyle's The Van, in which he plays alongside Colm Meaney of Star Trek and The Snapper fame. He tours regularly with the Mrs Browne's Boys.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

From the rowdy backstreets of Dublin, full of earthy homour and spirit, emerges a young boxing hopeful - Sparrow McCabe. Sparrow's dream is the World Lightweight Championship. But when he finally has it in his grasp he can't deliver the finishing punch. Sparrow's life falls apart, and fifteen years later he's a bum, a loser. Then something happens that convinces him that there are still things worth fighting for...

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: O'Brien Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0862785383
• ISBN 13: 9780862785383
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208