Don't Look Back in Ongar

Don't Look Back in Ongar is a 2024 comic novel by Irish playwright and author Paul Howard and is the twenty-fourth and last novel in the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series.
The title refers to the song "Don't Look Back in Anger" and the Dublin suburb of Ongar.

Release

The novel was released on 22 August 2024.

Plot

Ross is turning forty, and his wife Sorcha still wants a divorce, and his father is causing trouble in Áras an Uachtaráin, while his son Ronan is working for villainous lawyer Hennessy. His mother Fionnuala, who has Alzheimer's, is placed in a luxury nursing home in Ongar.

Reviews

The Irish Times described the finale as "unexpectedly touching."