Roysh Here, Roysh Now… The Teenage Dirtbag 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]

Roysh Here, Roysh Now… The Teenage Dirtbag Years
AuthorPaul Howard
CountryRepublic of Ireland
LanguageEnglish
SeriesRoss O'Carroll-Kelly
GenreComic novel, satire
Set inDublin, 1999–2000
PublisherSunday Tribune
Publication date
2001
Media typePaperback
Pages139
ISBN0952603551
823.92
Preceded byThe Miseducation of Ross O'Carroll-Kelly 
Followed byThe Orange Mocha-Chip Frappuccino Years 

The title refers to the Fatboy Slim song "Right Here, Right Now" and the Wheatus song "Teenage Dirtbag".

Plot

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
The Teenage Dirtbag Years
AuthorPaul Howard
IllustratorAlan Clarke
Cover artistAlan Clarke
CountryRepublic of Ireland
LanguageEnglish
GenreHumour
Set inDublin and Ocean City, Maryland, 1999–2000
PublisherThe O'Brien Press
Publication date
2004
Media typePaperback
Pages272
ISBN0-86278-849-8
823.92
Preceded byThe Miseducation Years 
Followed byThe Orange Mocha-Chip Frappuccino Years 

In 2004, a revised and expanded edition, titled The Teenage Dirtbag Years, was published.

Reception

Writing 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]

References
  1. Howard, Paul (August 16, 2001). Roysh Here, Roysh Now: Ross O'Carroll-Kelly - the Teenage Dirtbag Years. ISBN 9780952603559 – via Google Books.
  2. Howard, Paul (August 16, 2004). The teenage dirtbag years /. O'Brien. ISBN 9780862788490.
  3. Maher, Eamon; O'Brien, Eugene (November 1, 2015). From Prosperity to Austerity: A socio-cultural critique of the Celtic Tiger and its aftermath. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526101471 – via Google Books.
  4. Gorman, Clare (June 1, 2015). The Undecidable: Jacques Derrida and Paul Howard. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781443883597 – via Google Books.
  5. "Jolly different, those men with oval balls". Independent.ie.
  6. "Fifty fabulous reads for summer". Independent.ie.
  7. "Tell me a story, then I'll go to bed". Independent.ie.
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