***A GUARDIAN BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR THIS AUTUMN***A brilliantly warm, witty and moving portrait of our pandemic lives, told in ten heart-rending short storiesLove and marriage. Children and family. Death and grief. Life touches everyone...

Henry Smart kehrt 1951 nach langjährigem Exil in den USA in seine Heimat Irland zurück. Der berühmte Hollywood-Regisseur John Ford will das Leben des einstigen IRA-Kämpfers verfilmen. Doch Henry, der nach einem Unfall ein Bein verloren...

Früher, in ihrer Jugend, waren Davy und Joe gute Kumpels, die sich an den Wochenenden gemeinsam durch Dublins Pubs tranken. Inzwischen treffen sie einander nur noch, wenn Davy aus England nach Hause kommt, um seinen Vater zu besuchen. Es...

Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of eleven acclaimed novels including The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van and Smile, two collections of short stories, and Rory & Ita, a memoir about his parents. He won the...

Gerade in eine neue Wohnung gezogen und zum ersten Mal seit Jahren allein, besucht Victor jeden Abend Donnelly's Pub. Eines Abends bekommt er Gesellschaft. Ein Mann bringt ihm ein Bier, stellt sich als Fitzpatrick vor. Er kennt Victor...

The struggles and observations of middle-aged Dublin man Charlie Savage, as enjoyed in serial form by readers of the "Irish Independent", come together in one volume here. Also features Savage's long-suffering wife, modern-thinking...

Love and marriage, children and family, death and grief. Life touches everyone the same, but living under lockdown? It changes us alone.A man abroad wanders the stag-and-hen-strewn streets of Newcastle, as news of the virus at home asks...

When Uncle Ben's Dublin business fails, it's clear to Gloria and Raymond that something is wrong. He just isn't his usual cheerful self. So when the children overhear their granny saying that the Black Dog has settled on Ben's back and...

Reissues of Roddy Doyle's super silly stories to attract a whole new legion of fans to the work of the Booker prize winner and bestselling author. Ages: 8+ 'Packed full of bizarre humour' "Bookseller" von Doyle, Roddy

Ably managed by Jimmy Rabbitte, brilliantly coached by Joey 'The Lips' Fagan, their twin assault on Motown and Barrytown takes them by leaps and bounds from the parish hall to the steps of the studio door. But can The Commitments live up...

Reissues of some of Doyle's back list, each with brand new jackets. They tie in with the paperback edition of his book of short stories, "The Deportees", also out this month. von Doyle, Roddy

'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 similar...