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The Mammy is Agnes Browne - a widow struggling to raise seven children in a North Dublin neighborhood in the 1960s. Popular Irish comedian Brendan O'Carroll chronicles the comic misadventures of this large and lively family with raw humour and great affection. Forced to be mother, father, and referee to her battling clan, the ever-resourceful Agnes Browne occasionally finds a spare moment to trade gossip and quips with her best pal Marion Monks (alias 'The Kaiser') and even finds herself pursued by the amorous Frenchman who runs the local pizza parlor. Like the novels of Roddy Doyle, The Mammy features pitch-perfect dialogue, lightning wit, and a host of colourful characters. Earthy and exuberant, the novel brilliantly captures the brash energy and cheerful irreverence of working-class Irish life.

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'Brendan O'Carroll is a born storyteller ... A cross between Robin Williams and Billy Connelly.' -- The Independent 'Hilarious and irreverent. A must-read.' -- Gabriel Byrne 'He's done one hell of a job of capturing the absolute essence of a widowed mother of seven in working-class Dublin.' -- Anjelica Huston 'The Mammy is a heartwarming and very funny book.' -- Roddy Doyle

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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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