Not many writers can lay claim to comparisons to James Joyce and Raymond Carver, but Roddy Doyle--armed with a lively literary style and comedic flair--has found himself in that happy position. His no...
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Among the generation of Irish writers who emerged in the 1980s, Roddy Doyle is one of the most popular both at home and worldwide. While his popular appeal has been undisputed from the moment his priv...
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In the following review, Mannes-Abbott offers a positive assessment of The Van, praising the novel as humorous and deftly written.
Roddy Doyle is a phenomenon. A comic Irish writer without immediat...
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In the following review, Fitzgerald maintains that The Van showcases Doyle's sharp wit and ear for dialogue.
This is the third and last of Roddy Doyle's novels about the Rabbitte fami...
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In the following review, Appelo applauds Doyle's use of the vernacular as well as his narrative structure in The Van.
Unlike the heroes of his first novel The Commitments—the Irish so...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The art market is looking to
Vincent van Gogh to show the way. When the hammer comes down on Sotheby's auction of van
Gogh's "Wheat Fields" Wednesday, the final price of the 1...
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A van rolled into a pond Wednesday after the driver got out to ask directions to a Fourth of July barbecue, killing a woman and two children and leaving a third child in critical condition, authori...
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A Labor Day crash on an expressway southwest of Chicago killed a teenage girl and an adult man, and injured 12 others _ all temporary workers on their way home from a job.The victims were occupants...
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A woman, her son and two other children who died when their minivan rolled into a park pond on the Fourth of July drowned accidentally, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Friday.Michell...
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A private van taking children to school collided with a city bus Friday, injuring seven children including a 9-year-old girl who was hospitalized in critical condition, officials said.After the cra...
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A 6-year-old boy was the lone survivor of a minivan that rolled into a pond, trapping him and three others for up to 25 minutes before police divers were able to pull them out. The boy was in criti...
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Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle
Critical Review by Guy Mannes-Abbott
Art market hint: follow the van Gogh
