Roddy Doyle

About the Author

Roddy Doyle is the author of five previous novels, including a Booker Prize nominee, The Van, and a Booker Prize winning international bestseller Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. He has also written several screenplays, most recently When Brendan Met Trudy. His first children's book, The Giggler Treatment, show more will be published in September by Scholastic. He lives in Dublin. (Publisher Provided) Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin on May 8, 1958, and grew up in Kilbarrack, Ireland. Doyle graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from University College Dublin. He spent several years as an English and geography teacher before becoming a full-time writer in 1993. His personal notes and work books reside at the National Library of Ireland. Doyle's first three novels, The Commitments (1987), The Snapper (1990) and The Van (1991) comprise The Barrytown Trilogy, a trilogy centred around the Rabbitte family. All three novels were made into successful films. In 1993, Doyle published Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, winner of the 1993 Man Booker Prize. Doyle is the author of ten novels for adults, seven books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. His 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. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Rody Doyle, Roddy Doyle, Roddy Dolye, Roddie Doyle, Mr Roddy Doyle, Roddy Et Al Doyle

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Series

Works by Roddy Doyle

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Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993) 4,047 copies

A Star Called Henry (1999) 2,447 copies

The Woman who Walked into Doors (1996) 2,237 copies

The Commitments (1987) 1,389 copies

The Barrytown Trilogy (1987) 1,238 copies

The Snapper (1990) 1,097 copies

The Van (1991) 1,059 copies

Oh, Play That Thing (2004) 794 copies

The Giggler Treatment (2000) 699 copies

Paula Spencer (2006) 639 copies

The Deportees: and Other Stories (2007) 447 copies

The Dead Republic (2010) 320 copies

Smile (2017) 301 copies

A Greyhound of a Girl (2011) 301 copies

Rory and Ita (2002) 284 copies

The Guts (2013) 282 copies

Rover Saves Christmas (2001) 266 copies

Wilderness (2010) 224 copies

Love (2020) 220 copies

Bullfighting: Stories (2011) 202 copies

The Meanwhile Adventures (2004) 167 copies

The Commitments [1991 film] (1991) — Screenwriter — 122 copies

Brilliant (2014) 114 copies

Two Pints (2012) 112 copies

Life Without Children (2021) 82 copies

Her Mother's Face (2008) 78 copies

Brownbread and War: Two Plays (1992) 72 copies

The Rover Adventures (2007) 71 copies

Not Just For Christmas (1999) 70 copies

Charlie Savage (2019) 45 copies

Two More Pints (2014) 39 copies

Dead Man Talking (2015) 39 copies

Mad Weekend (2006) 28 copies

Two for the Road (2019) 18 copies

Rover and the Big Fat Baby (2016) 15 copies

Power, Corruption and Pies: A Decade of the Best Football Writing from "When Saturday Comes" (1958) 14 copies

Kellie (2022) 7 copies

Jimmy Jazz (2013) 6 copies

The Commitments / Snapper (1995) 5 copies

Duizendmaal Welkom (2004) 4 copies

One Hand Clapping (2003) 4 copies

The Complete Two Pints (2021) 4 copies

OS RISADINHAS (2000) 3 copies

La vita senza i figli (2023) 3 copies

Alles super! (2015) 3 copies

War (Passion Machine plays series) (1989) 3 copies

Roddy Doyle Omnibus: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha / The Woman Who Walked Into Doors (2001) 3 copies

El método chof (2021) 2 copies

Fighting Words: Stories by Transition Year Students from Coláiste Dhúlaigh (2011) 2 copies

The Child 2 copies

Rosie | NON-USA Format | Region 4 Import - Australia (2021) — Screenwriter — 2 copies

E a Cara da Mãe (2009) 1 copy

Å, spell den låta (2006) 1 copy

Black Hoodie 1 copy

O Pai Natal Chegará a Tempo? (2009) 1 copy

New Boy 1 copy

Aithníonn an Fhuil a Chéile (2023) 1 copy

Roddy Doyle audio book 1 copy

Il trattamento ridarelli-Rover salva il Natale-Le avventure nel frattempo (2009) 1 copy

Der unglaubliche Rover 1 copy

The Bandstand 1 copy

The Painting 1 copy

Family [1994 TV series] — Screenwriter — 1 copy

Finbar's Hotel : A Novel 1 copy

Aithníonn an Fhuil a Chéile (Open Door as Gaeilge) (English and Irish Edition) 1 copy

Home to Harlem 1 copy

The Slave 1 copy

La musica è cambiata (2015) 1 copy

Les Mésaventures des Mac (2005) 1 copy

À la poursuite du grand chien noir (Romans grand format) (French Edition) (2015) 1 copy

Mortification [essay] 1 copy

Blood 1 copy

Local 1 copy

The Pram 1 copy

I Understand 1 copy

panty klark cha cha cha / πάντυ κλαρκ χα χα χα (1995) 1 copy

The Commitments Soundtrack 1 copy

The Hens 1 copy

The Star Dogs: Beyond the Stars (2014) 1 copy

Teaching 1 copy

The Deportees 1 copy

The Giggler Treatment (BBC Audio) by Doyle, Roddy on 05/03/2007 unknown edition 1 copy

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Associated Works

Ham on Rye (1982) — Introduction, some editions — 4,784 copies

Speaking with the Angel (2001) — Contributor — 1,525 copies

Stories: All-New Tales (2010) — Contributor — 1,400 copies

Just William (1922) — Foreword, some editions — 705 copies

McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories (2004) — Contributor — 674 copies

Click (2007) — Contributor — 463 copies

McSweeney's Issue 15 (Mcsweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2005) — Contributor — 455 copies

McSweeney's Issue 16 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2005) — Contributor — 444 copies

Yeats Is Dead! (2001) — Contributor — 412 copies

McSweeney's Issue 18 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) / Wholphin No. 1 (2005) — Contributor — 409 copies

McSweeney's Issue 21 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2006) — Contributor — 331 copies

Finbar's Hotel (1997) — Contributor — 323 copies

McSweeney's Issue 23 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Still Going Strong Like Castro (We Meant Ramón) (2007) — Contributor — 291 copies

McSweeney's Issue 12: Unpublished, Unknown, and/or Unbelievable (2003) — Contributor — 283 copies

Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame (2003) — Contributor — 280 copies

McSweeney's Issue 29 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2008) — Contributor — 180 copies

My Favourite Year: A Collection of New Football Writing (1996) — Contributor — 169 copies

The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction (1999) — Contributor — 152 copies

The Best of McSweeney's {complete} (1800) — Contributor — 144 copies

Free? Stories About Human Rights (2009) — Contributor — 120 copies

McSweeney's Issue 35 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2010) — Contributor — 115 copies

McSweeney's Issue 38 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) (2011) — Contributor — 105 copies

The Second Half (2014) 77 copies

Rotten English: A Literary Anthology (2007) — Contributor — 76 copies

Granta 135: New Irish Writing (2014) — Contributor — 72 copies

New Dubliners: Original Stories Celebrating 100 Years of Joyce's Dubliners (2005) — Contributor — 26 copies

The Penguin Book of Irish Comic Writing (1996) — Author, some editions — 26 copies

Beyond the Stars: Twelve Tales of Adventure, Magic and Wonder (2014) — Contributor — 22 copies

New Irish Short Stories (2011) — Contributor — 21 copies

Tin House 28 (Summer 2006): Summer Reading (2006) — Contributor — 20 copies

The Art of the Glimpse: 100 Irish Short Stories (2020) — Contributor — 18 copies

Solo: Writers on Pilgrimage (2004) — Contributor — 11 copies

The Best New Irish Short Stories of 2005 (2005) — Contributor — 10 copies

Hebbes noire : elf smaakmakers voor de zomer — Contributor — 8 copies

Waterstone's Autumn Book Sampler (2004) — Contributor — 7 copies

Somewhere (2012) — Contributor — 3 copies

The stranger and other stories (1996) — Introduction — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Doyle, Roddy
Legal name: Doyle, Roderick
Birthdate: 1958-05-08
Gender: male
Nationality: Ireland
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Places of residence: Dublin, Ireland (birth)
Kilbarrack, Ireland
Education: St. Fintan's Christian Brothers School (Sutton)
University College Dublin (BA)
Occupations: English teacher
geography teacher
novelist
dramatist
screenwriter
Relationships: Doyle, Ita Bolger (mother)
Awards and honors: British Book Award (Author of the Year, 1994)
Agent: John Sutton
Short biography: Roddy Doyle (born 8 May 1958) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter.

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Reviews

The Guts (Barrytown #4) by Roddy Doyle

To quote Jimmy Rabbitte, Fuckin' brilliant!

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Abcdarian | 18 other reviews | May 18, 2024 |

The Commitments by Roddy Doyle

If I wasn't reading for book club and the book wasn't so short, I would have DNF'ed. I couldn't really tell most of the characters apart and the pov didn't allow me to connect to their emotional drive at all.

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Bodagirl | 26 other reviews | Feb 27, 2024 |

The Woman Who Walked into Doors by Roddy Doyle

This is a good novel on the topic of surviving domestic abuse and dealing with alcoholism. It's realistic, and deals with heavy subjects, but the main character has survived to worst of things, and is building a future for herself and her family as best she can, with some success.

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JBarringer | 42 other reviews | Dec 15, 2023 |