Read Series: Agnes Browne
by Author Brendan O'Carroll
The Mammy (1999)
The Mammy is the debut novel of Irish author Brendan O'Carroll, and from this novel there would be two direct sequels and a later prequel. These books would be adapted first as a radio series titled Mrs. Brown's Boys, as a film titled Agnes Browne, and finally as a hit BBC television series also ...
The Chisellers (2000)
The Chisellers continues the story of the Browne family a couple of years after the events of The Mammy. With the elder children now bringing in a wage, life in the tenements is a little more bearable for the family. Agnes receives a letter one morning from the Dublin Corporation, the tenements a...
The Granny (2000)
The final book in the Agnes Browne series, not including The Young Wan, is a delight, as ever. Though Brendan O'Carroll's writing can be admittedly simplistic, and relies heavily on coincidence, farce, and twists of fate that are often hard to take, he truly shines through when painting character...