| This Champagne Mojito Is The Last Thing I Own | |
| Author: | Paul Howard |
| Illustrator: | Alan Clarke |
| Cover Artist: | Alan Clarke |
| Country: | Republic of Ireland |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Ross O'Carroll-Kelly |
| Genre: | comic novel, satire |
| Set In: | Dublin, 2006–07 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Pub Date: | 5 June 2008 |
| Media Type: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 368 |
| Isbn: | 978-1-84488-125-3 |
| Dewey: | 823.92 |
| Preceded By: | Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade |
| Followed By: | Mr S and the Secrets of Andorra's Box |
This Champagne Mojito Is The Last Thing I Own is a 2008 novel by Irish journalist and author Paul Howard, and the seventh in the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series.[1] It coincided with the beginning of the Post-2008 Irish economic downturn and the release of the first play about Ross, The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger.[2]
The title is a reference to Jonathan Rendall's novel This Bloody Mary (Is the Last Thing I Own). A champagne Mojito is a cocktail made with spearmint, rum, sugar, lime and champagne, which Ross purchases with his last €20.
Ross's father Charles is imprisoned, Ross is forced to work for a living as the economic crash coincides with his father's downfall, and his wife Sorcha leaves him.[3] [4]
The book was a bestseller.[5]
This Champagne Mojito Is The Last Thing I Own was nominated for the Popular Fiction award at the Irish Book Awards.[6]