Books
In ‘Life Without Children,’ Roddy Doyle’s familiarly stuck characters must now confront an unstoppable contagion and its unaccountable losses.
Feb. 18, 2022
Movies
A very fine socially conscious drama written by Roddy Doyle and directed by Paddy Breathnach in the classic Irish tradition.
July 17, 2019
Entertainment & Arts
Irish hit ‘The Commitments’ bound for London stage
April 23, 2013
Ten-year-old Paddy Clarke is surprised to be shaking hands with Henno, his hated schoolteacher.
Dec. 31, 1993
Unlike the heroes of his first novel “The Commitments”--the Irish soul band now of motion-picture fame--Roddy Doyle has perfect pitch from the get-go.
Sept. 20, 1992
Reading “The Woman Who Walked Into Doors,” one almost can’t helpmaking chilling comparisons between its tough, buoyant narrator and James Joyce’s Molly Bloom.
Dec. 29, 1996
Book review: ‘The Dead Republic’ by Roddy Doyle
May 12, 2010
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March 19, 2010
Oh, Play That Thing A Novel Roddy Doyle Viking: 376 pp., $24.95
Nov. 7, 2004
Rory & Ita”Rory & Ita’ By Roddy Doyle Viking: 338 pp., $23.95 * Rory Doyle is one of the funniest men on Earth, but who would ever know if his novelist son Roddy hadn’t written “Rory & Ita”?
Nov. 15, 2002