Bullfighting

By: Roddy Doyle

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Paperback | 5 July 2012 | Edition Number 1

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214 Pages

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19.7 x 13.1 x 1.5

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Bullfighting moves from classrooms to graveyards, local pubs to bullrings; features an array of men at their working day and at rest, taking stock and reliving past glories. Each is concerned with loss in different ways - of their place in the world, of power, virility, love - of the boom days and the Celtic Tiger.

Brilliantly observed, funny and moving, the stories in "Bullfighting" present a new vision of contemporary Ireland, of its woes and triumphs.

About the Author

Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of nine acclaimed novels, one collection of short stories and Rory & Ita, a memoir about his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. His last book, The Dead Republic, was the final volume in the Henry Smart trilogy.

Industry Reviews

"Realistic and funny... This is a funny book about serious stuff... Doyle's descriptions of fatherhood will leave a powerful impression on any reader" -- Christina Appleyard Daily Mail "Probably the finest collection of Irish short stories since James Joyce's Dubliners" Globe and Mail "The trademark deadpan style of Doyle's storytelling make this an entirely believable comedy" -- Gerard Woodward Guardian "Roddy Doyle's Bullfighting offers a series of rare and beautiful mid-life meditations" -- Jane Clinton Sunday Express "Doyle's writing seems so natural, so effortless that I sometimes think we overlook how good it is" -- Teddy Jamieson Herald

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