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The Deportees

and Other Stories

and Other Stories

By Roddy Doyle

By Roddy Doyle

By Roddy Doyle

By Roddy Doyle

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Category: Fiction

Category: Fiction

Paperback $16.00

Dec 30, 2008 | ISBN 9780143114888

Ebook $12.99

Jan 10, 2008 | ISBN 9781440636783

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    About The Deportees

    Stories that take a new slant on the immigrant experience, from the Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

    Watch for Roddy Doyle’s new novel, Smile, coming in October of 2017

    Roddy Doyle has earned a devoted following amongst those who appreciate his sly humor, acute ear for dialogue, and deeply human portraits of contemporary Ireland. The Deportees is Doyle’s first-ever collection of short stories, and each tale describes the cultural collision-often funny and always poignant-between a native and someone new to the fast-changing country. From a nine-year- old African boy’s first day at school to a man who’s devised a test for “Irishness”to the return of The Commitments‘s Jimmy Rabbitte and the debut of his new multicultural band, Doyle offers his signature take on the immigrant experience in a volume reminiscent of his beloved early novels.

    About The Deportees

    Stories that take a new slant on the immigrant experience, from the Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

    Watch for Roddy Doyle’s new novel, Smile, coming in October of 2017

    Roddy Doyle has earned a devoted following amongst those who appreciate his sly humor, acute ear for dialogue, and deeply human portraits of contemporary Ireland. The Deportees is Doyle’s first-ever collection of short stories, and each tale describes the cultural collision-often funny and always poignant-between a native and someone new to the fast-changing country. From a nine-year- old African boy’s first day at school to a man who’s devised a test for “Irishness”to the return of The Commitments‘s Jimmy Rabbitte and the debut of his new multicultural band, Doyle offers his signature take on the immigrant experience in a volume reminiscent of his beloved early novels.

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    Life Without Children
    Love
    Smile
    The Guts
    Bullfighting
    See all books by Roddy Doyle

    About Roddy Doyle

    Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of ten acclaimed novels, including The Commitments, The Van (a finalist for the Booker Prize), Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (winner of the Booker Prize), The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, A Star Called… More about Roddy Doyle

    About Roddy Doyle

    Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of ten acclaimed novels, including The Commitments, The Van (a finalist for the Booker Prize), Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (winner of the Booker Prize), The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, A Star Called… More about Roddy Doyle

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Dec 30, 2008 | 256 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143114888

    Category: Fiction

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Jan 10, 2008 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9781440636783
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    Praise

    “The Deportees confirms Doyle’s standing as a rare genius of socially conscious literary comedy. . . . His mastery of the ordinary Dubliners’ speech informs all these stories and lends them an urgent credibility.”
    –Los Angeles Times

    “Doyle’s short stories rest on the comical limitations–and emotional largess–of his Irish characters. . . . At the same time, they question what it means to be Irish when the face of Ireland has changed. In exploring the theme, Doyle makes sport of everyone.”
    –San Francisco Chronicle

    “One of the delights of Doyle’s work is its fearlessness. . . . In book after book he throws himself into the voices and hearts of his characters. . . . All of these stories are about blended worlds and the problems inherent in that blending, no matter what wealth or luxury a place affords.” 
    –The New York Times Book Review 

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