Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of eight novels, a collection of stories, and Rory & Ita, a memoir of his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. He lives and works in Dublin.
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Two More Pints
Hardcover | 112 pages | Jonathan Cape | Fiction
978-0-224-10189-9 (0-224-10189-7)
October 28, 2014 | $14.99
Following on Two Pints, another hilarious book on everything that matters from the brilliant Roddy Doyle.
Two men meet for a pint -- or two -- in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights, curse the ref, say a last farewell. In this second collection of...
Written by Roddy Doyle
Hardcover | 112 pages | Jonathan Cape | Fiction
978-0-224-10189-9 (0-224-10189-7)
October 28, 2014 | $14.99
Following on Two Pints, another hilarious book on everything that matters from the brilliant Roddy Doyle.
Two men meet for a pint -- or two -- in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights, curse the ref, say a last farewell. In this second collection of...
Also available as an
eBook.
Two More Pints
eBook | 90 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Humorous; Fiction - Political; Fiction - Cultural Heritage
978-0-345-81536-1 (0-345-81536-X)
September 9, 2014 | $4.99
Following on Two Pints, another hilarious book on everything that matters from the brilliant Roddy Doyle.
Two men meet for a pint -- or two -- in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights, curse the ref, say a last farewell. In this second collection of...
Written by Roddy Doyle
eBook | 90 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Humorous; Fiction - Political; Fiction - Cultural Heritage
978-0-345-81536-1 (0-345-81536-X)
September 9, 2014 | $4.99
Following on Two Pints, another hilarious book on everything that matters from the brilliant Roddy Doyle.
Two men meet for a pint -- or two -- in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights, curse the ref, say a last farewell. In this second collection of...
Also available as a
hardcover.
The Barrytown Trilogy
Trade Paperback | 656 pages | Vintage Books | Fiction
978-0-09-959052-1 (0-09-959052-2)
July 3, 2014 | $26.99
All three of Roddy Doyle's Barrytown novels in one volume, featuring Jimmy Rabbitte and includes The Commitments, now a major West End show.
Here, in one volume, are Roddy Doyle's three acclaimed novels about the Rabbitte family from Barrytown, Dublin. In them we follow the rapid rise of Jimmy Rabbitte's soul...
Written by Roddy Doyle
Trade Paperback | 656 pages | Vintage Books | Fiction
978-0-09-959052-1 (0-09-959052-2)
July 3, 2014 | $26.99
All three of Roddy Doyle's Barrytown novels in one volume, featuring Jimmy Rabbitte and includes The Commitments, now a major West End show.
Here, in one volume, are Roddy Doyle's three acclaimed novels about the Rabbitte family from Barrytown, Dublin. In them we follow the rapid rise of Jimmy Rabbitte's soul...
The Guts
Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Humorous; Fiction - Family Life
978-0-345-80806-6 (0-345-80806-1)
February 4, 2014 | $19.95
A triumphant return to the characters of Booker Prize-winning writer Roddy Doyle's breakout first novel, The Commitments, now older, wiser, up against cancer and midlife.
Jimmy Rabbitte is back. The man who invented The Commitments back in the 1980s is now 47, with a loving wife, 4 kids...and bowel cancer. He...
Written by Roddy Doyle
Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Humorous; Fiction - Family Life
978-0-345-80806-6 (0-345-80806-1)
February 4, 2014 | $19.95
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A triumphant return to the characters of Booker Prize-winning writer Roddy Doyle's breakout first novel, The Commitments, now older, wiser, up against cancer and midlife.
Jimmy Rabbitte is back. The man who invented The Commitments back in the 1980s is now 47, with a loving wife, 4 kids...and bowel cancer. He...
Jimmy Jazz
eBook | 20 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Short Stories (single author); Fiction - Humorous
978-0-345-80892-9 (0-345-80892-4)
October 15, 2013 | $0.99
Written by Roddy Doyle
eBook | 20 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Short Stories (single author); Fiction - Humorous
978-0-345-80892-9 (0-345-80892-4)
October 15, 2013 | $0.99
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Jimmy Rabbitte hates jazz, always has. But his wife Aiofe loves it, and Jimmy loves Aiofe. So when, in attempt to convert him, she buys him two tickets for a Keith Jarrett concert he decides to take Outspan, former member of Jimmy's band The Commitments, who has come back into his...
The Guts
Hardcover | 336 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Humorous; Fiction - Family Life
978-0-345-80805-9 (0-345-80805-3)
August 6, 2013 | $29.95
Written by Roddy Doyle
Hardcover | 336 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Humorous; Fiction - Family Life
978-0-345-80805-9 (0-345-80805-3)
August 6, 2013 | $29.95
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A triumphant return to the characters of Booker Prize-winning writer Roddy Doyle's breakout first novel, The Commitments, now older, wiser, up against cancer and midlife.
Jimmy Rabbitte is back. The man who invented the Commitments back in the 1980s is now 47, with a loving wife, 4 kids...and bowel cancer. He...
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
The Guts
eBook | 352 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Humorous; Fiction - Family Life
978-0-345-80807-3 (0-345-80807-X)
August 6, 2013 | $13.99
Written by Roddy Doyle
eBook | 352 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Humorous; Fiction - Family Life
978-0-345-80807-3 (0-345-80807-X)
August 6, 2013 | $13.99
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A triumphant return to the characters of Booker Prize-winning writer Roddy Doyle's breakout first novel, The Commitments, now older, wiser, up against cancer and midlife.
Jimmy Rabbitte is back. The man who invented the Commitments back in the 1980s is now 47, with a loving wife, 4 kids...and bowel cancer. He...
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
The Last Roundup Trilogy
eBook | 830 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Cultural Heritage
978-0-345-80845-5 (0-345-80845-2)
August 6, 2013 | $19.99
In The Last Roundup Trilogy, Booker Prize-winner and bestselling author Roddy Doyle gives us a pulsing saga full of epic adventures, breathless escapes, star-crossed love, and an unforgettable Irish hero—Henry Smart.
In A Star Called Henry, hailed as “Doyle’s best novel yet . . . a masterpiece, an extraordinarily entertaining epic&rdquo...;
Written by Roddy Doyle
eBook | 830 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Cultural Heritage
978-0-345-80845-5 (0-345-80845-2)
August 6, 2013 | $19.99
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In The Last Roundup Trilogy, Booker Prize-winner and bestselling author Roddy Doyle gives us a pulsing saga full of epic adventures, breathless escapes, star-crossed love, and an unforgettable Irish hero—Henry Smart.
In A Star Called Henry, hailed as “Doyle’s best novel yet . . . a masterpiece, an extraordinarily entertaining epic&rdquo...;
Two Pints
Hardcover | 96 pages | Jonathan Cape | Fiction
978-0-224-09781-9 (0-224-09781-4)
November 19, 2012 | $12.00
A collection of sublimely funny dialogues inspired by a year’s worth of news.
Two men meet for a pint in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights, take the piss… They talk about their wives, their kids, their kids’ pets, their football teams and -- this...
Written by Roddy Doyle
Hardcover | 96 pages | Jonathan Cape | Fiction
978-0-224-09781-9 (0-224-09781-4)
November 19, 2012 | $12.00
A collection of sublimely funny dialogues inspired by a year’s worth of news.
Two men meet for a pint in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights, take the piss… They talk about their wives, their kids, their kids’ pets, their football teams and -- this...
Also available as an
eBook.
Two Pints
eBook | 71 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Humorous; Fiction - Political; Fiction - Cultural Heritage
978-0-345-80768-7 (0-345-80768-5)
November 6, 2012 | $2.99
A collection of sublimely funny dialogues inspired by a year’s worth of news.
Two men meet for a pint in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights, take the piss… They talk about their wives, their kids, their kids’ pets, their football teams and -- this...
Written by Roddy Doyle
eBook | 71 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Humorous; Fiction - Political; Fiction - Cultural Heritage
978-0-345-80768-7 (0-345-80768-5)
November 6, 2012 | $2.99
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A collection of sublimely funny dialogues inspired by a year’s worth of news.
Two men meet for a pint in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights, take the piss… They talk about their wives, their kids, their kids’ pets, their football teams and -- this...
Also available as a
hardcover.
Oh, Play That Thing
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-307-36897-3 (0-307-36897-1)
December 14, 2011 | $13.99
Roddy Doyle’s last novel, A Star Called Henry, was chosen by the The New York Times Book Review as one of the eleven Best Books of the Year; The Washington Post said it was “not only Doyle’s best novel yet; it is a masterpiece, an extraordinarily entertaining epic.” Now Doyle, author...
Written by Roddy Doyle
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-307-36897-3 (0-307-36897-1)
December 14, 2011 | $13.99
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Roddy Doyle’s last novel, A Star Called Henry, was chosen by the The New York Times Book Review as one of the eleven Best Books of the Year; The Washington Post said it was “not only Doyle’s best novel yet; it is a masterpiece, an extraordinarily entertaining epic.” Now Doyle, author...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Dead Republic
Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-307-39898-7 (0-307-39898-6)
May 3, 2011 | $21.00
After spending thirty years in America, Henry Smart returns to Ireland in this moving finale to his story.
At the end of Oh, Play That Thing, the second volume of Roddy Doyle's trilogy about Henry Smart, Henry, his leg severed in an accident with a railway boxcar, crawls into the Utah desert...
Written by Roddy Doyle
Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction
978-0-307-39898-7 (0-307-39898-6)
May 3, 2011 | $21.00
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After spending thirty years in America, Henry Smart returns to Ireland in this moving finale to his story.
At the end of Oh, Play That Thing, the second volume of Roddy Doyle's trilogy about Henry Smart, Henry, his leg severed in an accident with a railway boxcar, crawls into the Utah desert...
Also available as an
eBook.
Bullfighting
Trade Paperback | 224 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Short Stories (single author); Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-40113-7 (0-307-40113-8)
April 5, 2011 | $22.00
Bullfighting is Roddy Doyle's eagerly anticipated second collection; a series of bittersweet tales about men and middle age, revealing a panorama of Ireland today.
The men in Bullfighting are each concerned with loss in different ways - of their place in their world, of power, virility, love - of the boom days...
Written by Roddy Doyle
Trade Paperback | 224 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Short Stories (single author); Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-40113-7 (0-307-40113-8)
April 5, 2011 | $22.00
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Bullfighting is Roddy Doyle's eagerly anticipated second collection; a series of bittersweet tales about men and middle age, revealing a panorama of Ireland today.
The men in Bullfighting are each concerned with loss in different ways - of their place in their world, of power, virility, love - of the boom days...
Also available as an
eBook.
Bullfighting
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Short Stories (single author); Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-40115-1 (0-307-40115-4)
April 5, 2011 | $14.99
Bullfighting is Roddy Doyle's eagerly anticipated second collection; a series of bittersweet tales about men and middle age, revealing a panorama of Ireland today.
The men in Bullfighting are each concerned with loss in different ways--of their place in their world, of power, virility, love--of the boom days in Ireland's recent history...
Written by Roddy Doyle
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Short Stories (single author); Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-40115-1 (0-307-40115-4)
April 5, 2011 | $14.99
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Bullfighting is Roddy Doyle's eagerly anticipated second collection; a series of bittersweet tales about men and middle age, revealing a panorama of Ireland today.
The men in Bullfighting are each concerned with loss in different ways--of their place in their world, of power, virility, love--of the boom days in Ireland's recent history...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Rory & Ita
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Biography & Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography - Literary
978-0-307-36898-0 (0-307-36898-X)
July 1, 2010 | $14.99
From the internationally acclaimed, bestselling novelist -- his first ever non-fiction book: a poignant, illuminating journey through a century of modern Ireland as told through the eyes of his parents.
Ita Doyle: “In all my life I have lived in two houses, had two jobs, and one husband. I’m a very interesting...
Written by Roddy Doyle
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Biography & Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography - Literary
978-0-307-36898-0 (0-307-36898-X)
July 1, 2010 | $14.99
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From the internationally acclaimed, bestselling novelist -- his first ever non-fiction book: a poignant, illuminating journey through a century of modern Ireland as told through the eyes of his parents.
Ita Doyle: “In all my life I have lived in two houses, had two jobs, and one husband. I’m a very interesting...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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