Stories that take a new slant on the immigrant experience, from the Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha HaWatch for Roddy Doyle's new novel, Smile, coming in October of 2017Roddy Doyle has earned a devoted following amongst...

"A Star Called Henry" von Roddy Doyle ist der erste Teil der "The Last Roundup"-Trilogie und erzählt die Geschichte von Henry Smart, einem Jungen, der in den Slums von Dublin zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts aufwächst. Der Roman beginnt...

Meet the Rabbitte family, motley bunch of loveable ne'er-do-wells whose everyday purgatory is rich with hangovers, dogshit and dirty dishes. When the older sister announces her pregnancy, the family are forced to rally together and...

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"The Snapper" von Roddy Doyle ist ein humorvoller und gleichzeitig berührender Roman, der das Leben der Familie Rabbitte in einem Arbeiterviertel in Dublin beschreibt. Im Mittelpunkt steht die 20-jährige Sharon Rabbitte, die unerwartet...

Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of eight acclaimed novels and Rory & Ita, a memoir about his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. von Doyle, Roddy

Two men meet for a pint in a Dublin pub...In 2012, Roddy Doyle showed us the world anew: through the back-and-forth of two Dublin pub-dwellers. They chewed the fat, set the world to rights, slagged each other unmercifully. And along the...

Die Frau, die gegen Türen rannte

Jimmy Rabbitte is back. He's 47, with a loving family... and bowel cancer. This long-awaited sequel to THE COMMITMENTS is a novel about facing death and opting for life. It climaxes with four middle-aged men at Ireland's hottest rock...

Der Name Henry Smart steht für eine untergegangene Welt, deren Legenden und Mythen bis heute die irische Seele berühren und das Stadtbild Dublins prägen. Irgendwo zwischen einem übermächtigen Sternenhimmel und den düsteren Kanälen der...

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'A profound examination of friendship, romantic confusion and mortality' John BoyneOne summer's evening, two men meet up in a Dublin restaurant. Old friends, now married and with grown-up children, their lives have taken seemingly...