Roddy Doyle
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Roddy Doyle (born May 1958 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. Several of his books have been made into successful films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991.
Doyle grew up in Kilbarrack, County Dublin. He spent several years as an English teacher before becoming a full-time writer.
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Awards and recognition
- Doyle's novel, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha won the Booker Prize in 1993.
Bibliography
Novels
- The Barrytown Trilogy:
- The Commitments (1987, film 1991) — A group of Dublin teenagers, led by Jimmy Rabbitte Jr., decide to form a Soul band in the tradition of James Brown.
- The Snapper (1990) — Jimmy's sister, Sharon, is raped by a friend's father and becomes pregnant. She is determined to have the child but refuses to reveal the father's identity to her family.
- The Van (1991) — Jimmy Sr. is laid off, as is his friend Bimbo. They both go in on a used van and go on a wild adventure.
- Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (winner of the Booker Prize, 1993)
- The Woman Who Walked Into Doors (1997) — a story of a battered wife, narrated by the victim; despite her husband's increasingly violent behaviour, she defends him, using the classic excuse "I walked into a door" to explain her bruises.
- A Star Called Henry (1999)
- Oh, Play That Thing (2004)
Theatre
- Brown Bread (1987)
- War (1989)
TV series
- Family (1994)
External links
- Author page at Irish Writers Online (http://www.irishwriters-online.com/roddydoyle.html)