Former RTÉ presenter, Pat Inglesbury has been nominated for the Man Booker prize for his autobiographical novel, Would you like me to seduce you? The book charts the life of Patrick Dangleberry, a reclusive rape victim whose fortunes change when he lands a job with a local broadcaster.  His meteoric rise to fame and spectacular fall into a world of alcoholism, homelessness and paedophilia are covered in an enthralling read that leaves nothing to the imagination.

Inglesbury gives no-holds-barred accounts on several incidents that had previously been confined to the halls and corridors of Montrose, from ‘Bananagate’, when Anne Doyle alledgedly stole Derek Davis’ banana from the fridge in the staff canteen to Gay Byrne getting caught balls deep in Mike Murphy’s wife’s arsehole at the Christmas do in 1987.

‘It’s an intriguing tale full of beautiful prose, deep thinking and Gay Byrne plugging Mike Murphy’s missus’ dirt track. It’s got everything’, remarked Booker Prize Panelist, Oleg Armhov.

Gaybo - The Smarmy Sodomite

The former host of School Around the Corner then describes how the constant exposure to “damn sexy children” led him into a life of kiddy fiddling and alcoholism but he claims he wasn’t alone.

‘They were all at it but I got pinned because apparently I’ve got “the look of a paed” about me. It’s not my fault kids find skinny auld four eyed dipsos attractive, is it?’ Said Inglesbury from his stall outside Centra, Westmoreland Street. ‘In the original draft of the book I named names but the publishers gave me some shite about slander so I had to take them out but it’s pretty obvious who I’m talking about anyway *cough* PAT KENNY *cough*.’

Whilst the book is hot favourite to claim the prize it faces stiff competition from several other well known authors.

The Shortlist in full:

Pat Inglesbury – Would you like me to Seduce you?

Salman Rushdie – Allah sucks Cock in hell

John Banville – Beating Insomnia for Dummies

Robert Ludlum – Bourne me to tears

Twenty Major – Fresh out of ideas but I’ll say cunt a lot