Paula Spencer

By Roddy Doyle

Paula Spencer begins on the eve of Paula's forty-ninth birthday. She hasn't had a drink for four months and five days. Her youngest children, Jack and Leanne, are still living with her. They're gra...

Paula Spencer

By Roddy Doyle

Paula Spencer begins on the eve of Paula's forty-ninth birthday. She hasn't had a drink for four months and five days. Her youngest children, Jack and Leanne, are still living with her. They're gra...

The Commitments

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Barrytown, Dublin has something to sing about. The Commitments are spreading the gospel of Soul. Ably managed by Jimmy Rabitte, brilliantly coached by Joel "The Lips" Fagan, their twin assault on M...

The Snapper

By Roddy Doyle

Meet the Rabbitte family - a motley bunch of loveable ne'er-do-wells whose everyday purgatory is rich with hangovers, dogshit and dirty dishes. When the older sister announces her pregnancy, the fa...

The Snapper

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The second book in the Barrytown Trilogy Meet the Rabbitte family — a motley bunch of loveable ne'er-do-wells whose everyday purgatory is rich with hangovers, dogshit and dirty dishes. When the o...

The Van

By Roddy Doyle

The third book in the Barrytown Trilogy Jimmy Rabbitte is unemployed and rapidly running out of money. His best friend Bimbo has been made redundant from the company where he has worked for many y...

The guts

By Roddy Doyle

Jimmy Rabbitte is back.The man who invented The Commitments back in the eighties is now 47, with a loving wife, four kids and bowel cancer. He isn't dying, he thinks, but he might be. Jimmy still l...

The guts

By Roddy Doyle

Jimmy Rabbitte is back.The man who invented The Commitments back in the eighties is now 47, with a loving wife, four kids and bowel cancer. He isn't dying, he thinks, but he might be. Jimmy still l...

Rory & Ita

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The Giggler Treatment

By Roddy Doyle, Tommy Tiernan