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Fans of Agnes Browne craving further hilarious and heartwarming adventures will be delighted with The Chisellers. Agnes, the lovable and determined heroine, returns with her seven children - whom she affectionately calls 'the chisellers' - all struggling to make their way in the world with varying degrees of success. To make matters more difficult, as Agnes struggles along the bumpy road of parenting, she learns that the family is about to be forced out of their tenement home in the name of urban renewal. Pierre, Agnes' persistent suitor, is thankfully on hand to console her. Like all good Irish stories, The Chisellers includes a wedding and a funeral, much laughter and some tears - and it is sure to please newcomers as well as loyal fans of this terrific series.

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'It's refreshing to enter O'Carroll's fun-loving working-class world.' -- Entertainment Weekly 'Shades of O'Casey, as well as Brendan Behan. A story as colourful as Moore Street itself, but there is also pathos, compassion and irony.' -- Entertainer 'A natural storyteller.' -- The Independent 'This lively novel features a wedding, a funeral and an ending that will melt the hardest heart. Readers will eagerly await the third book in this series.' -- Publishers Weekly

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Brendan O'Carroll (born 15 September 1955) is an Irish writer, producer, comedian, actor and director. A popular comedian in Ireland since the early 1990s, O'Carroll is best known internationally for portraying the foul-mouthed Irish matriarch Agnes Brown in Mrs. Brown's Boys. O'Carroll was born in Finglas West, a suburb of north Dublin. His mother, Maureen, was a Labour Party TD and his father Gerard O'Carroll a carpenter and he says this has had a huge impact on his life. He left school aged 12 and had a string of occupations including waiter, milkman, DJ, before making the move to comedy. Much of his comedy is about his childhood in Finglas and Dublin City. O'Carroll has written seven novels, including The Mammy, The Chisellers, The Granny, The Scrapper (originally published as Sparrows Trap) and The Young Wan; a number of these have been translated into 12 languages and have been best sellers worldwide. In 2014, O'Carroll will star once again as Agnes Brown in the film Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie (working title). The youngest of eleven children, Brendan O'Carroll was born in North Dublin in 1955. An acclaimed playwright and stand-up comedian, he is the creator of the popular Irish radio show, Mrs Browne's Boys. O'Carroll has written seven novels, including The Mammy, The Chisellers and The Granny. In 2014, O'Carroll will star once again as Agnes Brown in the film Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie

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