| Roysh Here, Roysh Now… The Teenage Dirtbag Years | |
| Author: | Paul Howard |
| Country: | Republic of Ireland |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Ross O'Carroll-Kelly |
| Genre: | Comic novel, satire |
| Publisher: | Sunday Tribune |
| Pub Date: | 2001 |
| Set In: | Dublin, 1999–2000 |
| Media Type: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 139 |
| Isbn: | 0952603551 |
| Dewey: | 823.92 |
| Preceded By: | The Miseducation of Ross O'Carroll-Kelly |
| Followed By: | The Orange Mocha-Chip Frappuccino Years |
Roysh Here, Roysh Now… The Teenage Dirtbag Years is a 2001 novel by Irish journalist and author Paul Howard, and the second in the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The title refers to the Fatboy Slim song "Right Here, Right Now" and the Wheatus song "Teenage Dirtbag".
Ross begins higher education, of a sort, at University College Dublin and between terms takes a break to the United States.[4]
| The Teenage Dirtbag Years | |
| Author: | Paul Howard |
| Illustrator: | Alan Clarke |
| Cover Artist: | Alan Clarke |
| Country: | Republic of Ireland |
| Language: | English |
| Set In: | Dublin and Ocean City, Maryland, 1999–2000 |
| Genre: | Humour |
| Publisher: | The O'Brien Press |
| Pub Date: | 2004 |
| Media Type: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 272 |
| Isbn: | 0-86278-849-8 |
| Dewey: | 823.92 |
| Preceded By: | The Miseducation Years |
| Followed By: | The Orange Mocha-Chip Frappuccino Years |
In 2004, a revised and expanded edition, titled The Teenage Dirtbag Years, was published.
In the Irish Independent, Declan Lynch wrote "I don't regard the musings of O'Carroll-Kelly as being essentially humorous. I regard them as straight reportage, journalism of a very high order, which holds up a mirror to a way of life, a whole breed of men, most of whom will be avidly participating in the Rugby World Cup. I don't think that some of these guys are a bit like Ross some of the time, I think they're all a lot like Ross, all of the time."[5] Ferdia Mac Anna called The Teenage Dirtbag Years "engagingly subversive," while John Healy called it "Silly but fun."[6] [7]