The Order of the Phoenix Park

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When Twenty gets an early morning wake-up call from Detective Larry O'Rourke it seems like any other day. But when he discovers that his friend, record shop owner Tom O'Farrell, has been murdered and that his dying act was scrawl the number '60' in blood on his chest and dial Twenty's number in to his phone - he begins to think something might be out of the ordinary.

Meanwhile, time is running out for the people of Dublin. A plan has been hatched that is more sinister than seeing your granny tongue-kiss with an 18 year old and it all seems to centre around 'Folkapalooza' a massive free concert due to take place in the Phoenix Park.

Soon Twenty and his pals from Ron's bar find themselves plummeted into the crazy world of concert promotions, assassins, iPod based defence systems, mad taxi drivers, office espionage and devious minds. A combination that will test their friendships, and their ability to cope with hangovers, to the limit.

What does the number '60' signify Who is the ginger albino and who is he working for

Can Twenty, Jimmy the Bollix, Stinking Pete, Dirty Dave and the rest solve the puzzle before it's too late or will Dublin succumb to the dastardly mastermind behind it all

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'Endlessly surrealy and brilliantly offensive ... the anti-Ross O'Carroll Kelly. A crude comic genius.' -- Sunday Tribune 20000101 Brendan Behan for the internet generation -- The Sunday Times 20000101 'The child of Wodehouse, Python and, especially, Flann O'Brien.' -- The Dubliner 20080303 'Wickedly funny ... gleefully silly ... highly entertaining.' -- Hot Press 20080312

Author Bio

Twenty Major was born some years ago in Dublin, Ireland. He lives on, or around, the South Circular Road with a dog called Bastardface and a cat called Throatripper. He spent his formative years on the streets of Dublin playing football, kick the can and robbing blind people with collection tins. After many years of training he became the youngest fully qualified shepherd in Ireland and by the time he was thirty he was a Shepherd Master. He still tends to his flock on a daily basis but has other more diverse business interests as well, such as ensuring people are protected, keeping ustoms officials on their toes, importing refugees to work on shady building sites and pork belly futures. His best friend is called Jimmy the Bollix and they drink, on a daily basis, in Ron's bar. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 but was beaten to the gong by Bishop Desmond Tutu who ran a vigorous dirty tricks campaign against him. He has never forgiven Tutu and will one day have his revenge. His other mortal enemies include Daryl Hall, LL Cool J (who stole his rap) and any kind of clown. Twenty Major writes a daily blog at www.twentymajor.net which is amongst the most widely read and popular in Ireland. It contains stories of his day to day life, social commentary, foul-mouthed rants and many stomach churning puns based on 80s pop music. He won three awards, including the prize for Overall Best Blog, at the very first Irish Blog Awards in 2006. He won the Overall Best Blog award again in the 2007 awards.