Roddy Doyle is the author of eight novels, a collection of stories, and Rory & Ita, a memoir of his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. He lives and works in Dublin.
Brilliant * Mail on Sunday * Told with pace and verve and bitter, black humour... Magnificent * Financial Times * Doyle's tenth novel might be called The Dead Republic, but its vision of what Smart calls the green thing is as alive as any he has given us * Independent on Sunday * There is lovely, brutal detail, as well as a grand swoop over the timeline of Ireland and America, just like the kind of film they just don't make anymore * Financial Times * This is Ireland's most famous living writer tackling one of the most crucial periods in history * Guardian *