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Roddy Doyle
Doyle in c. 2006
Born
Roderick Doyle (1958-05-08) 8 May 1958 (age 66) Dublin, Ireland
Occupation
Novelist, dramatist, short story writer, screenwriter, teacher
Alma mater
University College Dublin
Subject
Working-class Dublin
Notable works
The Barrytown Trilogy, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, The Woman Who Walked into Doors, A Star Called Henry
Spouse
Belinda Moller (m. 1989)
Children
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Roddy Doyle (born Roderick Doyle, 8 May 1958)[1] is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's 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. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
^"Ireland, Civil Registration Births Index, 1864-1958". Retrieved 9 December 2023.
RoddyDoyle (born Roderick Doyle, 8 May 1958) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books...
countries. It is an adaptation of the 2011 novel of the same name by RoddyDoyle by D'Alò and Dave Ingham. It has a voice cast that includes Sharon Horgan...
early and highly successful plays such as Brownbread (1987), written by RoddyDoyle and directed by Paul Mercier, Wasters (1985) and Home (1988), written...
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is a novel by Irish writer RoddyDoyle, first published in 1993 by Secker and Warburg. It won the Booker Prize that year. The story...
1991 adaptation of the RoddyDoyle novel (see below) The Commitments (musical), a 2013 stage musical adaptation of the RoddyDoyle novel "Commitment", a...
A Star Called Henry (1999) is a novel by Irish writer RoddyDoyle. It is Vol. 1 of The Last Roundup series. The second installment of the series, Oh,...
appearing in Layer Cake, The Damned United, all three film adaptations of RoddyDoyle's The Barrytown Trilogy, and in Get Him to the Greek. He portrayed a principal...
Deco Cuffe in the 1991 cult film The Commitments based on the book by RoddyDoyle, despite being only 16 at the time. In 1992, he was nominated for the...
Sacred Hunger". The Guardian. Streitfeld, David (27 October 1993). "RoddyDoyle Wins U.K.'s Booker Prize". The Washington Post. Jordison, Sam (14 September...
Doyle (senator) (1923–2003), Canadian senator (1985–1998) Robert Doyle (born 1953), Australian politician Robert B. Doyle, Manitoba judge RoddyDoyle...
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors (1996) is a novel by Irish writer RoddyDoyle. It was adapted from the 1994 RTÉ/BBC miniseries Family. The novel tells...
RoddyDoyle Read by Gerard Doyle | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-06. "ONE FOR MY BABY by Tony Parsons Read by Gerard Doyle...
Bulawayo Graeme Macrae Burnet A. S. Byatt J. L. Carr Jim Crace Rachel Cusk RoddyDoyle Esi Edugyan Robert Edric Tan Twan Eng J. G. Farrell Karen Joy Fowler...
The Commitments may refer to: The Commitments (novel), a 1987 novel by RoddyDoyle The Commitments (film), a 1991 film adaptation of the book The Commitments...
and Other Stories is the first short story collection by Irish writer RoddyDoyle first published by Jonathan Cape in 2007. All the stories were written...
In the New Yorker essay Not Becoming My Father by Michael Chabon. In RoddyDoyle's Booker prize-winning novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. In Bill O'Reilly's...
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