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Roddy Doyle

Forfatter af Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

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Roddy Doyle is the author of five previous novels, including a Booker Prize nominee, The Van, and a Booker Prize winning international bestseller Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. He has also written several screenplays, most recently When Brendan Met Trudy. His first children's book, The Giggler Treatment, vis mere will be published in September by Scholastic. He lives in Dublin. (Publisher Provided) Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin on May 8, 1958, and grew up in Kilbarrack, Ireland. Doyle graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from University College Dublin. He spent several years as an English and geography teacher before becoming a full-time writer in 1993. His personal notes and work books reside at the National Library of Ireland. Doyle's first three novels, The Commitments (1987), The Snapper (1990) and The Van (1991) comprise The Barrytown Trilogy, a trilogy centred around the Rabbitte family. All three novels were made into successful films. In 1993, Doyle published Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, winner of the 1993 Man Booker Prize. Doyle is the author of ten novels for adults, seven books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. His work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Roddy Doyle

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993) 4,012 eksemplarer
En stjerne ved navn Henry (1999) 2,434 eksemplarer
Kvinden der gik ind i døre : roman (1996) 2,226 eksemplarer
The Commitments : roman (1987) 1,381 eksemplarer
Smutteren (1990) 1,093 eksemplarer
Burgerbilen (1991) 1,056 eksemplarer
Oh, Play That Thing (2004) 790 eksemplarer
Fniserkuren (2000) 687 eksemplarer
Paula Spencer : roman (2006) 636 eksemplarer
The Deportees : fortællinger (2007) 445 eksemplarer
De dødes republik : roman (2010) 320 eksemplarer
Smile (2017) 296 eksemplarer
A Greyhound of a Girl (2011) 296 eksemplarer
Rory and Ita (2002) 283 eksemplarer
The Guts (2013) 281 eksemplarer
Rover Saves Christmas (2001) 259 eksemplarer
Wilderness (2010) 216 eksemplarer
Love (2020) 214 eksemplarer
Bullfighting: Stories (2011) 200 eksemplarer
The Meanwhile Adventures (2004) 165 eksemplarer
The Commitments [1991 film] (1991) — Screenwriter — 118 eksemplarer
Brilliant (2014) 112 eksemplarer
Two Pints (2012) 110 eksemplarer
Life Without Children (2021) 80 eksemplarer
Her Mother's Face (2008) 78 eksemplarer
Brownbread and War: Two Plays (1992) 70 eksemplarer
The Rover Adventures (2007) 69 eksemplarer
Not Just For Christmas (1999) 68 eksemplarer
Charlie Savage (2019) 43 eksemplarer
Dead Man Talking (2015) 39 eksemplarer
Two More Pints (2014) 38 eksemplarer
Mad Weekend (2006) 27 eksemplarer
Two for the Road (2019) 18 eksemplarer
Rover and the Big Fat Baby (2016) 15 eksemplarer
Kellie (2022) 6 eksemplarer
Jimmy Jazz (2013) 6 eksemplarer
Duizendmaal Welkom (2004) 4 eksemplarer
One Hand Clapping (2003) 4 eksemplarer
The Commitments / Snapper (1995) 4 eksemplarer
The Complete Two Pints (2021) 4 eksemplarer
OS RISADINHAS (2000) 3 eksemplarer
Rosie | NON-USA Format | Region 4 Import - Australia (2021) — Screenwriter — 3 eksemplarer
El método chof (2021) 2 eksemplarer
The Child 2 eksemplarer
Å, spell den låta (2006) 1 eksemplar
O Pai Natal Chegará a Tempo? (2009) 1 eksemplar
La vita senza i figli (2023) 1 eksemplar
La musica è cambiata (2015) 1 eksemplar
Aithníonn an Fhuil a Chéile (2023) 1 eksemplar
Les Mésaventures des Mac (2005) 1 eksemplar
E a Cara da Mãe (2009) 1 eksemplar
The Pram 1 eksemplar
Blood 1 eksemplar
Black Hoodie 1 eksemplar
The Painting 1 eksemplar
The Bandstand 1 eksemplar
New Boy 1 eksemplar
The Slave 1 eksemplar
Home to Harlem 1 eksemplar
Local 1 eksemplar
The Hens 1 eksemplar
I Understand 1 eksemplar
The Deportees 1 eksemplar
Teaching 1 eksemplar
Family [1994 TV series] — Screenwriter — 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

Med det hele... (1982) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver4,743 eksemplarer
Speaking with the Angel (2001) — Bidragyder — 1,521 eksemplarer
Stories: All-New Tales (2010) — Bidragyder — 1,382 eksemplarer
Just William (1922) — Forord, nogle udgaver694 eksemplarer
McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories (2004) — Bidragyder — 670 eksemplarer
Click (2007) — Bidragyder — 456 eksemplarer
McSweeney's Issue 15 (Mcsweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2005) — Bidragyder — 453 eksemplarer
McSweeney's Issue 16 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2005) — Bidragyder — 444 eksemplarer
Yeats Is Dead! (2001) — Bidragyder — 411 eksemplarer
McSweeney's Issue 21 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2006) — Bidragyder — 330 eksemplarer
Finbar's Hotel (1997) — Bidragyder — 319 eksemplarer
McSweeney's Issue 12: Unpublished, Unknown, and/or Unbelievable (2003) — Bidragyder — 283 eksemplarer
Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame (2003) — Bidragyder — 280 eksemplarer
McSweeney's Issue 29 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2008) — Bidragyder — 178 eksemplarer
My Favourite Year: A Collection of New Football Writing (1996) — Bidragyder — 169 eksemplarer
The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction (1999) — Bidragyder — 149 eksemplarer
The Best of McSweeney's {complete} (1800) — Bidragyder — 143 eksemplarer
Free? Stories About Human Rights (2009) — Bidragyder — 119 eksemplarer
McSweeney's Issue 35 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2010) — Bidragyder — 114 eksemplarer
McSweeney's Issue 38 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2011) — Bidragyder — 106 eksemplarer
Rotten English: A Literary Anthology (2007) — Bidragyder — 75 eksemplarer
Granta 135: New Irish Writing (2014) — Bidragyder — 72 eksemplarer
The Second Half (2014) 72 eksemplarer
The Penguin Book of Irish Comic Writing (1996) — Forfatter, nogle udgaver25 eksemplarer
Beyond the Stars: Twelve Tales of Adventure, Magic and Wonder (2014) — Bidragyder — 22 eksemplarer
New Irish Short Stories (2011) — Bidragyder — 21 eksemplarer
Tin House 28 (Summer 2006): Summer Reading (2006) — Bidragyder — 20 eksemplarer
The Art of the Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories (2020) — Bidragyder — 17 eksemplarer
Solo: Writers on Pilgrimage (2004) — Bidragyder — 11 eksemplarer
The Best New Irish Short Stories of 2005 (2005) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
Hebbes noire : elf smaakmakers voor de zomer — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
Waterstone's Autumn Book Sampler (2004) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
Somewhere (2012) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
The stranger and other stories (1996) — Introduktion — 2 eksemplarer

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Kanonisk navn
Doyle, Roddy
Juridisk navn
Doyle, Roderick
Fødselsdato
1958-05-08
Køn
male
Nationalitet
Ierland
Fødested
Dublin, Ireland
Bopæl
Dublin, Ierland
Uddannelse
St. Fintan's Christian Brothers School (Sutton)
University College Dublin (BA)
Erhverv
English teacher
geography teacher
novelist
dramatist
screenwriter
Relationer
Doyle, Ita Bolger (mother)
Priser og hædersbevisninger
British Book Award (Author of the Year, 1994)
Agent
John Sutton
Kort biografi
Roddy Doyle (born 8 May 1958) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter.

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If I wasn't reading for book club and the book wasn't so short, I would have DNF'ed. I couldn't really tell most of the characters apart and the pov didn't allow me to connect to their emotional drive at all.
 
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Bodagirl | 25 andre anmeldelser | Feb 27, 2024 |
This is a good novel on the topic of surviving domestic abuse and dealing with alcoholism. It's realistic, and deals with heavy subjects, but the main character has survived to worst of things, and is building a future for herself and her family as best she can, with some success.
 
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JBarringer | 42 andre anmeldelser | Dec 15, 2023 |
Louis Armstrong is portrayed as one of the characters in the novel
 
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JimandMary69 | 17 andre anmeldelser | Aug 18, 2023 |
Winner of the Booker Prize 1993
 
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JimandMary69 | 78 andre anmeldelser | Aug 18, 2023 |

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Værker
76
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Medlemmer
19,488
Popularitet
#1,120
Vurdering
½ 3.7
Anmeldelser
426
ISBN
810
Sprog
23
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