John Donoghue (born 1964) is a humourist, travel writer, and police officer from

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. He is best known for his 2004 book '' Shakespeare My Butt!'', a humorous travelogue of unusual and oddly-named destinations in

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. The book's title was an homage to the 1991 album ''

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folk rock band

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. After a career in the military, he joined the police and in 2011, published his second book ''Police, Crime & 999: The True Story of a Front Line Officer'' – a humorous look at a year in his life as a response officer. Still a serving police officer, he has gone on to publish ''Police, Lies & Alibis'' (2013), and ''Police, Arrests & Suspects'' (2015).

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* http://policecrime999.com – John Donoghue's official website 1964 births 21st-century Welsh writers Welsh humorists Living people {{wales-writer-stub