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Madhouse

The Naked Truth About My Chaotic Childhood, Losing My Mind and Finding a Place to Call Home

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Madhouse

By: PJ Gallagher
Narrated by: PJ Gallagher
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Nothing about PJ Gallagher's life has followed the usual script...

Adopted at six months old by Dubliners Sean and Helen Gallagher, PJ spent much of his childhood knocking back Lucozade with the local alcoholics in his parents' northside pub. But the chaos that reigned for his first ten years was nothing compared to what happened when - having lost the pub - Helen took in psychiatric patients from the local hospital to give them 'care in the community'. Now it was a household of ten - PJ, his sister, his parents and six lost souls. Worst. Idea. Ever.

Madhouse is PJ's riotous life story. The fantastic fantasies that come with being adopted (what if your birth parents are gangster space aliens on the run?). Being a kid while the adults around you are usually drunk, throwing house Masses or taking you to Camp Jesus instead of Trabolgan. Struggling at school, leaving early and discovering a talent for comedy. Making Naked Camera and creating iconic characters like Jake Stevens, the Dirty Aul One and Jumper Man. Acting in the ground-breaking The Young Offenders. Finally, finding a home in radio.

PJ also writes powerfully about mental breakdown and what he learned from his spell in a psychiatric hospital. Most surprising - to PJ more than anyone - is the prospect of becoming a dad in his late forties, when he always thought of 'family' as a trap.

Madhouse is the funny, insightful and moving story of someone just trying to keep his head above water - and how he is making sense of it all at last!

©2023 PJ Gallagher (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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Such an amazing listen, so honest and genuine. Well done PJ! Seriously, what a man!

Amazing!

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Just brilliant 👏 👌Once I started I couldn't put it down. So real, honest and down to earth. would definitely recommend 💯👍👏👏👏👏

The down to earth honesty.

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Insightfully honest, traumatically funny. Well delivered. Unexpected twists and turns from a unique child's perspective growing up in a mad house in 80's Dublin.

Excellent

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Super book that fave me a whole new insight to PJs life. 15 words now done.

Funny and serious book

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This was fantastic, PJ describes all the stories with great details, you feel like your there with him. very funny and sad at the same time..well worth a listen. I'm raging im finished it, that's howuch I enjoyed it

funny and honest

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The impression of partner Kelly always cracks me up on Nova, and I was tickled to hear PJ reproduce it here. That was only one highlight of an endearingly entertaining, poignant, honest, raw and funny account from PJ's life.
Really enjoyable.

Kelly's going to kill him

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I both laughed and shed a tear with this book. such an honest telling of an interesting life story. I couldn't put it down!

Such brutal honesty

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This book has me crying with tears of laughter and sadness. Brilliantly narrated by PJ and told in a beautifully down to earth and natural way! His honesty and story telling are gorgeous!

Raw, hilarious, deeply sad yet so hopeful!

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Probably the funniest, saddest book I’ve ever listened to. Brilliant that PJ read it himself. So honest. Well done.

Amazing

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Loved it, no bullshit just 100% Pj, a great listen, hilarious emotional and inspirational would highly recommended

An inspirational story, funny and brutally honest

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