- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781407013435
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 256
The Deportees
- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781407013435
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 256
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
A rich insight in to Dublin
Lonely Planet Traveller
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
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
The dialogue throughout is as fast and funny as Doyle fans could expect, with the tension ratcheted up by constant potential for cross-cultural faux pas
Daily Telegraph
Very funny and rumbustious...When these stories are good...they're absolutely hilarious...he's the master of lit-com banter...Doyle's sharp-witted analysis of the reasons for the recent changes in Irish society are certainly worth considering
Guardian
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
Roddy Doyle's writing goes over as smoothly as a pint of Guinness down the throat of a Dubliner lost in a desert for a fortnight
Glasgow Herald
Much to admire and enjoy
Sunday Times
A classic romp through Doyle's Dublin
Irish Times
The evident sincerity and unrepentant good cheer of these stories will carry the reader a long way with them
Independent on Sunday
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
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
