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Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
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In this national bestseller and winner of the Booker Prize, Roddy Doyle, author of the "Barrytown Trilogy," takes us to a new level of emotional richness with the story of ten-year-old Padraic Clarke. Witty and poignant--and adored by critics and readers alike--Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha charts the trumphs, indignities, and bewilderment of Paddy as he tries to make sense of his changing world.
In Roddy Doyle's Booker Prize-winning novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, an Irish lad named Paddy rampages through the streets of Barrytown with a pack of like-minded hooligans, playing cowboys and Indians, etching their names in wet concrete, and setting fires. Roddy Doyle has captured the sensations and speech patterns of preadolescents with consummate skill, and managed to do so without resorting to sentimentality. Paddy Clarke and his friends are not bad boys; they're just a little bit restless. They're always taking sides, bullying each other, and secretly wishing they didn't have to. All they want is for something-- anything--to happen. Throughout the novel, Paddy teeters on the nervous verge of adolescence. In one scene, Paddy tries to make his little brother's hot water bottle explode, but gives up after stomping on it just one time: "I jumped on Sinbad's bottle. Nothing happened. I didn't do it again. Sometimes when nothing happened it was really getting ready to happen." Paddy Clarke senses that his world is about to change forever--and not necessarily for the better. When he realizes that his parents' marriage is falling apart, Paddy stays up all night listening, half-believing that his vigil will ward off further fighting. It doesn't work, but it is sweet and sad that he believes it might. Paddy's logic may be fuzzy, but his heart is in the right place. --Jill Marquis
The Woman Who Walked into Doors
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Paula Spencer is a thirty-nine-year-old working-class woman struggling to reclaim her dignity after marriage to an abusive husband and a worsening drinking problem. Paula recalls her contented childhood, the audacity she learned as a teenager, the exhilaration of her romance with Charlo, and the marriage to him that left her feeling powerless. Capturing both her vulnerability and her strength, Roddy Doyle gives Paula a voice that is real and unforgettable.
Roddy Doyle follows Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, winner of the Booker Prize, and The Commitments with another remarkable book that readers will find funny, sexy, and sad. He takes an unflinching look at the life of Paula Spencer as she struggles to regain her dignity after marriage to an abusive husband and a worsening drinking problem. Capturing both her vulnerability and her strength, Doyle gives Paula a voice that is real and unforgettable.
The Van
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The further misadventures of the Rabbitte family in working-class Dublin--from the author of The Commitments and The Snapper. This story follows Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr., and his best friend through Dublin, selling cheap grub to the drunk and hungry--keeping one step ahead of the health officials.
A Greyhound of a Girl
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Mary O’Hara is a sharp and cheeky 12-year-old Dublin schoolgirl who is bravely facing the fact that her beloved Granny is dying. But Granny can’t let go of life, and when a mysterious young woman turns up in Mary’s street with a message for her Granny, Mary gets pulled into an unlikely adventure. The woman is the ghost of Granny’s own mother, who has come to help her daughter say good-bye to her loved ones and guide her safely out of this world. She needs the help of Mary and her mother, Scarlett, who embark on a road trip to the past. Four generations of women travel on a midnight car journey. One of them is dead, one of them is dying, one of them is driving, and one of them is just starting out. Praise for A Greyhound of a GirlSTARRED REVIEW “A warm, witty, exquisitely nuanced multigenerational story.”
–Kirkus Reviews, starred review
STARRED REVIEW “This elegantly constructed yet beautifully simple story, set in Ireland and spun with affection by Booker Prize–winner Doyle, will be something different for YA readers. These four lilting voices will linger long after the book is closed.”
–Booklist, starred review
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"Written mostly in dialogue, at which Doyle excels, and populated with a charming foursome of Irish women, this lovely tale is as much about overcoming the fear of death as it is about death itself."
–Publishers Weekly, starred review
"In this moving and artfully structured ghost tale, four generations of Irish women come together. A big part of the pleasure here is the rhythm of the language and the contrasting voices of the generations. Any opportunity to read it aloud would be a treat."
–Horn Book
The Dead Republic: A Novel
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The triumphant conclusion to the trilogy that began with A Star Called Henry. Henry Smart is back. It is 1946, and Henry has crawled into the desert of Utah's Monument Valley to die. He's stumbled onto a film set though, and ends up in Hollywood collaborating with John Ford on a script based on his life. Eventually, Henry finds himself back in Ireland, where he becomes a custodian, and meets up with a woman who may or may not be his long-lost wife. After being injured in a political bombing in Dublin, the secret of his rebel past comes out, and Henry is a national hero. Or are his troubles just beginning? Raucous, colorful, and epic, The Dead Republic is the magnificent final act in the life of one of Doyle's most unforgettable characters.
The Snapper
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- ISBN13: 9780140171679
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Twenty-year-old Sharon Rabbitte is pregnant. She's also unmarried, living at home, working in a grocery store, and keeping the father's identity a secret. Her own father, Jimmy Sr., is shocked by the news. Her mother says very little. Her friends and neighbors all want to know whose "snapper" Sharon is carrying. In his sparkling second novel, Roddy Doyle observes the progression of Sharon's pregnancy and its impact on the Rabbitte family—especially on Jimmy Sr.—with wit, candor, and surprising authenticity.
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The emigrant - The Australian
The Australian, Australia - May 22, 2009
The AgeThe emigrant"There's not a pub culture, there's not a bar or cafe where you can go and find Roddy Doyle in one corner and Anne Enright in the other," he says, alluding to McDaids pub, where "Patrick Kavanagh sat in one corner and Flann O'Brien in the other and all Laying it on the line
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Dimitri Verhulst - Radio Netherlands
Radio Netherlands, Netherlands - May 22, 2009
Dimitri VerhulstBalancing hilarity with tragedy, it has been compared to the work of Irish writer Roddy Doyle. A film version premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and raised eyebrows with a scene of naked bicycle riders. In 2003 Verhulst published a work seen as
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Siobhan Dowd wins second posthumous Bisto award - guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk, UK - May 21, 2009
guardian.co.ukSiobhan Dowd wins second posthumous Bisto award body of a child in a bog in Ireland, was named Bisto children's book of the year by Children's Books Ireland in Dublin yesterday, beating titles including Airman by Eoin Colfer and Her Mother's Face by Roddy Doyle to take the €10000 (£8800) prize. Siobhan Dowd wins second posthumous Bisto Siobhan Dowd Wins Bisto Children's Book Of The Year '08/'09 For
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Edinburgh leave out Blair - Setanta Sports
Setanta Sports, UK - May 14, 2009
Setanta SportsEdinburgh leave out BlairJohn Houston has been rewarded for his try-scoring cameo as a replacement against The Dragons with a place on the right wing, while National Academy graduate Roddy Grant comes into the back row in place of Alan MacDonald, who has been ruled out with a
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Palestine Festival of Literature * - Islam Online
Islam Online, Qatar - May 17, 321
Palestine Festival of Literature *According to Soueif, last year's festival was very energetically and enthusiastically received, with students attending the workshops “asking for more homework”, and Roddy Doyle's books selling out in three days, when Roddy Doyle was unknown to them
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