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...

"Wildnis" von Roddy Doyle ist ein spannendes Kinderbuch, das mit dem Irish Book Award 2008 als Children's Book of the Year ausgezeichnet wurde. Die Geschichte dreht sich um die Abenteuer zweier Brüder, Tom und Johnny, die mit ihrer...

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...

"A Star Called Henry" von Roddy Doyle erzählt die Geschichte von Henry Smart, einem Jungen, der in den Slums von Dublin zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts aufwächst. Sein Vater ist ein einbeiniger Kriegsveteran und Türsteher, seine Mutter...

"Henry der Held" von Roddy Doyle ist ein Roman, der die Geschichte von Henry Smart erzählt, einem irischen Mann, der in den turbulenten Zeiten des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts lebt. Der Roman folgt Henrys Leben von seiner Kindheit in den...

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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...

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Paperback edition of Doyle's latest book which follows the fortunes of Paula Spencer, a working-class, alcoholic, battered woman in her thirties. "Mr Doyle has made his own the gritty world of modern Dublin, violent, generous-hearted,...

Two old friends reconnect in Dublin for a dramatic, revealing evening of drinking and storytelling in this winning new novel from the author of the Booker Prize winning Paddy Clarke Ha Ha HaOne summer's evening, two men meet up in a...

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