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Roddy Doyle (born Roderick Doyle, 8 May 1958) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories.
May 2, 2024 · Roddy Doyle is an Irish author known for his unvarnished depiction of the working class in Ireland, particularly in his home city of Dublin. Since his literary debut in the 1980s, Doyle’s distinctively Irish settings, style, mood, and phrasing have made him a favorite fiction writer in his own country as well as overseas.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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- May 8, 1958
- Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
- The Commitments (The Barrytown Trilogy, #1; Jimmy Rabbitte, #1)
- The Woman Who Walked Into Doors (Paula Spencer, #1)
- A Star Called Henry (The Last Roundup, #1)
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, first published in 1993 by Secker and Warburg. It won the Booker Prize that year. The story is about a 10-year-old boy living in Barrytown, North Dublin, and the events that happen within his age group, school and home in around 1968.
- Roddy Doyle
- 1993
Jun 16, 2024 · Podcast: The Writer’s Voice Listen to Roddy Doyle read “The Buggy.” Maybe that was what had happened here. The frame had given up as the buggy was pushed—shoved, forced—across the sand.
Oct 28, 2021 · Roddy Doyle | Books | The Guardian. September 2022. ‘There is nothing wrong with offending people’: Roddy Doyle on getting the band back together. His comic novel The Commitments gave...
Learn about Roddy Doyle, the Irish novelist who wrote the Barrytown trilogy, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha and The Woman Who Walked Into Doors. Discover his style, themes, awards and influence on contemporary Irish literature.
