Most Popular Books by Roddy Doyle

Two men meet for a pint in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights and take the piss. They talk of their wives, children, pets, football teams and about the Euro. In their fashion they mourn the deaths of Whitney Houston and Robin Gibb.

Danny Murphy and his brother Jimmy will meet each other for the first time in over twenty years.

This well-received novel from a cast of acclaimed authors is now available in paperback! A video message from a dead person. A larcenous teenager. A man who can stick his left toe behind his head and in his ear. An epileptic girl seeking answers in a fairy tale. A boy who loses everything in World War II, and his brother who loses even more. And a family with a secret so big that it changes everything. The world''s best beloved authors each contribute a chapter in the life of the mysterious George "Gee" Keane, photographer, soldier, adventurer, and enigma. Under different pens, a startling portrait emerges of a man, his family, and his gloriously complicated tangle of a life.

Dave, Pat and Ben are friends since childhood and they all love Liverpool fottball club. On a trip to see their heroes in action Dave & Pat chat up two local girls, but Ben goes missing.

Struggling to come to terms with the end of her beloved Granny''s life while her Granny resists letting go, cheeky 12-year-old Dublin schoolgirl Mary O''Hara is drawn into a fantastical adventure by the ghost of her great-grandmother, who shares insights into the lives of four generations of women in their family. 25,000 first printing.

It''s the summer holidays and Rover is busy searching for poo. He works for The Gigglers, small furry creatures who make sure grown-ups are nice to their kids. If they aren''t, they get the Giggler Treatment - a smelly, squishy present on the end of their shoe, which is where Rover comes in. But Rover and his nephew Messi (who is actually very tidy) are distracted from their job by a Big Fat Baby (B.F.B) who''s fallen out of her Granny''s backpack. It''s time for Rover to find the B.F.B, even if it means chasing a postie all over the city, following an aeroplane to Casablanca and leaving the Gigglers with a poo shortage... The fourth title in the madly funny Giggler series and illustrated throughout by Chris Judge, this is Booker Prize-winning Roddy Doyle at his hilarious, brilliant best.

È il 1968. Paddy Clarke ha dieci anni. Adora il calcio – il suo idolo è George Best –, Geronimo e accendere fuochi. Odia gli zoo, i baci, la bacchetta del signor Hennessey (il suo insegnante, detto Henno), e soprattutto il suo fratellino. Sogna di diventare un missionario come padre Damien e nel frattempo costringe i McCarthy a fare la parte dei lebbrosi. Sa che non bisogna mai tirarsi via le croste dalle ginocchia prima che sia ora di farlo. Paddy ha un migliore amico, Kevin. I loro nomi si trovano ovunque, a Barrytown, incisi nel cemento fresco. Insieme costruiscono capanne, suonano i campanelli e poi scappano... Paddy vorrebbe tanto sapere perché nessuno lo ha aiutato quando Charles Leavy gli si è scagliato contro e perché, per essere amici di qualcuno, bisogna sempre odiare qualcun altro. Se solo mamma e papà la smettessero di litigare... Sincero, allegro, tremendamente triste e spesso tutte queste cose insieme, Paddy Clarke ah ah ah! descrive il mondo con gli occhi e il linguaggio inventivo e illuminante di un bambino.

A serial novel by 15 of the brightest talents in Irish writing (including Marian Keyes, Pauline McLynn, Gina Moxley and Frank McCourt), telling an elaborate tale of murder, mayhem and literary shenanigans in present-day Dublin. Approximately #1 from every copy sold will go to Amnesty International.

Roddy Doyle s''est d''abord fait connaître en France par la publication d''un roman, Paddy Clarke ha ha ha (10/18, n° 2784), récit d''une enfance dublinoise qui lui valut le Booker Prize. Voici maintenant sa fameuse trilogie de Barrytown - The Commitments, The Snapper et The Van -, saga joyeusement animée par les membres de la famille Rabitte que le succès des films d''Alan Parker et de Stephen Frears a déjà rendue célèbre. Pour Robert Louit (Magazine littéraire), " on prendra grand plaisir à découvrir les romans de Doyle, car leur qualité principale tient à ce trait permanent de la littérature irlandaise : un don inépuisable de la conversation qui saisit la première occasion pour surenchérir jusqu''à prendre des proportions épiques. La trilogie de Barrytown, c''est comme une soirée bien arrosée au pub : on s''y croirait, et on en commanderait bien une autre ".

Paddy Clarke grandit à Dublin. A la fin des années 60, il a dix ans et son petit monde, entre l''école et le terrain de jeux, son amitié avec Kevin, le football, et son attachement pour son petit frère, est rempli de rêves et de mystères. Paddy est à l''âge où l''on cherche son identité. Son plus grand désir, toutefois, serait de voir ses parents cesser de se disputer, mais son père finit par partir et Paddy doit affronter les moqueries dans la cour de récréation : "Paddy Clarke n''a plus de papa, ha, ha, ha !" Paddy, heureusement, possède des trésors d''énergie et d''intelligence pour détourner l''angoisse : au milieu de la mésentente qui brise son foyer va surgir en lui la ferme détermination de survivre. Avec son mélange "irlandais" de tendresse et d''humour, Roddy Doyle a su rendre l''enfance dans toute sa réalité : le temps des décisions brutales, des grands chagrins inconsolables et des infinies possibilités...