Life as seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old Irish boy, Patrick Clarke, is a poignant voyage through a bewildering, ever-changing world of family, friends, dreams, and growing up. Winner of the Booker Prize. Reprint. Tour.
This funky, rude, unpretentious first novel traces the short, funny, and furious career of a group of working-class Irish kids who form a band, The Commitments. Their mission: to bring soul to Dublin!
A Star Called Henry (The Last Roundup...
Roddy DoyleHenry Smart, born into poverty in Ireland, son of a teenage button-maker and a wanted murderer, joins the IRA, and eventually emigrates. Paddy Doyle's historical novel, the first of a projected trilogy about his hero, includes actual ...