The Deportees

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

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

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

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

A classic romp through Doyle's Dublin

Irish Times

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