The Deportees and Other Stories - Hardcover

Doyle, Roddy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670018457 ISBN 13: 9780670018451

Publisher: Viking Pr, 2008

Synopsis

A first collection of short works by the author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha depicts the immigrant experience in contemporary Ireland as reflected in the stories of a father who confronts his prejudices when his daughter brings home a black man, a nine-year-old African boy's first day in a new school, and a nanny who plots against her charge's older sisters.

About this title

Review:

"the writing is as witty and enjoyable as ever"
-- The Herald

'Charm and animation are the qualities that count with Doyle's deportees, as he goes about sticking up for disparaged incomers' -- The Independent

'Doyle writes some of the sharpest dialogue in current fiction and he can make you bark with laughter.' -- The Spectator

'His wit never deserts him' -- Scotland on Sunday

'agonisingly funny' -- Metro

'as fast and funny as Doyle fans could expect'
-- Daily Telegraph

'these are tales that frequently wag themselves into a blur and leave you dizzy with pure enjoyment' -- The Scotsman

'written with breathless excitement... in short, all the things that make the art of storytelling interesting' -- The Financial Times

`I laughed out loud while admiring the deftness of Doyle's craft.' -- The Irish Times

`There is much to admire and enjoy in the Deportees' -- The Sunday Times

Review:

'could stand tall in any literary company, told with Doyle's trademark lightness of touch'

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Pr
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0670018457
• ISBN 13: 9780670018451
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 242