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The Deportees
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  • Published: 1 October 2008
  • ISBN: 9780099507055
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $32.99

The Deportees

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1 Sept 2010
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23 Dec 2010
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1 Oct 2008
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Roddy Doyle's first ever collection of stories.

For the past few years Roddy Doyle has been writing stories for Metro Eireann, a newspaper started by, and aimed at, immigrants to Ireland. Each of the stories took a new slant on the immigrant experience, something of increasing relevance and importance in today's Ireland.

The stories range from 'Guess Who's Coming to the Dinner', where a father who prides himself on his open-mindedness when his daughters talk about sex, is forced to confront his feelings when one of them brings home a black fella, to a terrifying ghost story, 'The Pram', in which a Polish nanny grows impatient with her charge's older sisters and decides - in a phrase she has learnt - to 'scare them shitless'.
  • Published: 1 October 2008
  • ISBN: 9780099507055
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $32.99
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About the author

Roddy Doyle

Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of twelve acclaimed novels including The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van and Smile, two collections of short stories, and Rory & Ita, a memoir about his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.

portrait photo of Roddy Doyle

Also by Roddy Doyle

Life Without Children
Love
Charlie Savage
Two for the Road
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
The Women Behind the Door
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
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Praise for The Deportees

It's as if Roddy Doyle went out on the streets for you with his own microphone and camcorder... You're there, whether you want to be or not

Maeve Binchy, The Times

Writing at the top of his form...Doyle proves a brilliant, offbeat Dublin diplomat. He imagines, with humour and humanity, the difficulties involved in being Irish and in being foreign and unassimilated in Ireland. He has the sharpest eye, the wildest sense of humour and the most benevolent heart

Observer

The evident sincerity and unrepentant good cheer of these stories will carry the reader a long way with them

Independent on Sunday

Constantly inventive, extremely funny and illustrate his ability to get under the skin of ordinary people

Daily Mail

Much to admire and enjoy

Sunday Times

A rich insight in to Dublin

Lonely Planet Traveller