- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781407017976
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 288
Paula Spencer
- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781407017976
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 288
[A] marvellous novel
Carmen Callil, Financial Times
Doyle has created a little masterwork, a gem of persuasive realism
Tom Adair, Scotland on Sunday
An intoxicating sequel...a phenomenally rewarding read
Euan Ferguson, Observer
Paula is a triumphantly original character, and her gently anarchic sense of humour, her ruthless honesty and the bursting sense of fun that permeates the book scotch any hint of sentimentalism. Doyle constructs his set-pieces and orders the narrative with a craft so unobtrustively elegant and clever that it demands a second reading. This is a splendid piece of work
Independent on Sunday
[A] magnificent achievement
Guardian
Doyle's writing is as sharp as ever. Sentences snap out from the page, some so short they only contain one word... Paula Spencer has come into her own and Roddy Doyle has gained a comfortable and wholly convincing access into the female mind
Irish Times
This is a magnificent novel...not once does Doyle offer any sentimental cop-out or wallow in bleakness... It's a disciplined piece of writing, full of humour and immense empathy - and what more can you ask than that?
Scotsman
There is an intense pleasure in the reading of this book
Claudia Fitzherbert, Telegraph
A complex and intricate portrait of an unlikely, yet likable, heroine
Calum Macdonald, The Herald
Roddy Doyle has done the impossible - he has made Paula Spencer even more unforgettable the second time round
The Times