RO'CK of Ages

RO'CK of Ages: From Boom Days to Zoom Days is a 2021 book by Irish journalist and author Paul Howard, as part of the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series.[1][2] It is a compilation of newspaper columns previously published in The Irish Times between 2007 and 2021.[3][4][5]

RO'CK of Ages: From Boom Days to Zoom Days
AuthorPaul Howard
IllustratorAlan Clarke
Cover artistAlan Clarke
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish
SeriesRoss O'Carroll-Kelly
GenreSerial
Set inDublin, 2007–2020
PublisherSandycove
Publication date
1 April 2021
Media typePaperback
Pages368
ISBN978-1-84488-569-5
823.92

The title is a reference to the hymn "Rock of Ages", the Irish economic boom, and the use of Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Reception

Eugene O'Brien wrote in an Irish Times review, "There is a truth in fiction, and in Howard's work, satire provides the mode for the telling of this truth. His parallel Ireland is a mirror though which we can smile at the “real” Ireland, but also learn more about it than it is often willing to teach."[7]

Niamh Donnelly, in the same paper, wrote that "[Ross'] misguided wisdom seems to grow ever more salient as the years go by."[8]

References
  1. O'Carroll-Kelly, Ross (1 April 2021). RO'CK of Ages: From boom days to Zoom days. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 9781844885701 – via Google Books.
  2. "Ro'ck of Ages". The Phoenix Magazine. 6 May 2021.
  3. Doyle, Martin. "Books to look out for in 2021". The Irish Times.
  4. O'Carroll-Kelly, Ross (5 May 2022). RO'CK of Ages. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. "RO'CK of Ages". Dubray Books. 29 September 2023.
  6. Howard, Paul. "Paul Howard: Ten things I've learned writing Ross O'Carroll-Kelly". The Irish Times.
  7. O'Brien, Eugene (3 May 2021). "Ross O'Carroll Kelly's parallel Ireland: a mirror for us to crack up at". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  8. Donnelly, Niamh. "20 gripping books: Fiction and non-fiction to read this summer". The Irish Times.
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