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Does anyone know the irish writer Roddy Doyle?

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Started by Flo in Chit-Chat

I have got all his books. His book “the commitments” was filmed and the “the Snapper” as well. Good fun to read but also a story of daily life. What’s your favourite book. Mine is “The secret history” by Donna Tartt. I also liked “Trainspotting” and “Catcher in the rye”. I love to read. Sometimes I am reading 3 or 4 books at a time.

Posted on Thu, 27 June 2002 at 18:44

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rocking roxy wrote:

i love!!!! to read the stuff from roddy doyle
i got the entire barrytown trilogy..well, the commitments are really funny to read, the snapper is good, but my favourite is “the van” this excists also as movie called “fish and chips” but unfortuanetly i still haven’t seen it…

but i think “Paddy Clark hahaha” is good too.

i’m trying to read for two years now a book called “before and after” saying that the end of the world will start with exploding sheeps…but i don’t have enough time to finish it.

Posted on Thu, 27 June 2002 at 18:59

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zm wrote:

I saw ‘The Van’ a few months ago on telly. It’s called ‘THE VAN’ and I happen to have it on tape. If you’re interested… I read in the newspaper that Irvine Welsh has written a new novel. Forgot the name. He moved to Amsterdam after Trainspotting had become such a big success. Now he’s back in London, but his novel is still situated in Edinbourgh. You must see ‘Acid House’. I read the book and saw the film. It contains three little stories. One story is so funny. In the film the main character is the same as Spud. What’s his name? Ewan … Can’t remember. One night when the lightning strikes, his mind is switched with the mind of a little baby. So his sick mind is inside the baby. You can imagine what happens next. You all go and watch this movie!

Posted on Thu, 27 June 2002 at 19:25

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penn wrote:

i love him too.
unfortunately i didn’t read the books of the barrytown trilogy, because my library has only his recent books.
i read Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, and A Star Called Henry, probably the one i liked the most.

Posted on Thu, 27 June 2002 at 21:00

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aoife wrote:

I really liked “a star called henry”..

Posted on Thu, 27 June 2002 at 21:34

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barnabus11 wrote:

MacGregor, Just saw him in Shallow Graves, Roddy’s good, Thomas Harris is excellent, and apparently, Sean Moncrieff just wrote a decent book

Posted on Thu, 27 June 2002 at 22:24

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zm wrote:

It’s Ewen Bremner! Welsh’s new book is called ‘Glue’ and he even got a much newer book called ‘Porno’. It’s about the same people from Trainspotting, but 10 years later! It’ll be for sale in August, but it will probably take some time before the rest of Europe will be able to buy it. Can’t wait…

Posted on Tue, 2 July 2002 at 18:59

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Dermot (The Derm) wrote:

I cant wait for Porno either, but the release date keeps getting put back… apparently it focuses on Sick boy’s efforts to become a porn star

Posted on Tue, 9 July 2002 at 10:11

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