Roddy Doyle Books

Includes "The Giggler Treatment," "Rover Saves Christmas," and "The Meanwhile Adventures."

The Barrytown Trilogy' comprises Roddy Doyle's three popular and acclaimed comic novels - 'The Commitments', which also enjoyed widespread success when adapted for cinema, 'The Snapper', and 'The Van.

Mr Mack's dog Rover sells is own poo to the gigglers - small creatures who take revenge on any adult who treats children unfairly by making the unsuspecting adults step in poo. When the gigglers set out to exact punishment on Mr Mack, Rover knows he doesn't deserve it, and the race is on to get to him before he takes that fatal step.

Join Rover the wonder-dog and the eccentric but lovable Mack family as they get into one madcap adventure after the other! The poo is about to hit the shoe... Riotously funny The Times Packed full of bizarre humour, imagination and a whole lot of poo... Bookseller Brilliant Irish Independent

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer only works one night a year - but, unfortunately, he's chosen Christmas Eve to take a sickie. When your star sleigh-puller is stable-ridden with the flu, what do you do? You call Rover. Join, Rover, Robbie, Jimmy and Kayla for a fantastic race against time.

With his fourth novel, legendary barfly Charles Bukowski follows the path of his alter ego Henry Chinaski through the high school years of acne and rejection, drinking his way through the Depression, and ends at the start of World War Two.

From the author of the adult novels "The Commitments" and "The Snapper" comes a beautifully written coming-of-age tale about four generations of women in one family who set out on an unforgettable journey.

Jimmy Rabbitte is back. The man who invented the Commitments back in the eighties is now forty-seven, with a loving wife, four kids ... and bowel cancer. He isn’t dying, he thinks, but he might be. Jimmy still loves his music, and he still loves to hustle – his new thing is finding old bands and then finding the people who loved them enough to pay money for their resurrected singles and albums. On his path through Dublin he meets two of the Commitments – Outspan, whose own illness is probably terminal, and Imelda Quirk, still as gorgeous as ever. He is reunited with his long-lost brother and learns to play the trumpet… This warm, funny novel is about friendship and family, about facing death and opting for life. It climaxes in one of the great passages in Roddy Doyle’s fiction: four middle-aged men at Ireland’s hottest rock festival watching Jimmy’s son Marvin’s band Moanin’ At Midnight pretending to be Bulgarian and playing a song called ‘I’m Going to Hell’ that apparently hasn’t been heard since 1932… Why? You’ll have to read The Guts to find out. Winner of the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year

Part of the Open Door series of short books for emerging readers, now translated for the first time into Irish with the support of An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaiochta, and ideal for learners of the Irish language.

12 year old Mary's beloved grandmother is near the end of her life. Letting go is hard - until Granny's long-dead mammy appears at Mary's door, returning to help her dying daughter say goodbye. But first she needs to take them all on a visit to the past. A sharp and tender tale of family history and the bonds between mothers and daughters.

A hilarious Rover adventure for young readers from the Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle and illustrated by Chris Judge.

12 year old Mary's beloved grandmother is near the end of her life. Letting go is hard - until Granny's long-dead mammy appears at Mary's door, returning to help her dying daughter say goodbye. But first she needs to take them all on a visit to the past. A sharp and tender tale of family history and the bonds between mothers and daughters.

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC WRITING 2019** Meet Charlie Savage: a middle-aged Dubliner with an indefatigable wife, an exasperated daughter, a drinking buddy who’s realized that he’s been a woman all along… Compiled here for the first time is a whole year’s worth of Roddy Doyle’s hilariousseries for the Irish Independent. Giving a unique voice to the everyday, he draws a portrait of a man – funny, loyal, somewhat bewildered – trying to keep pace with the modern world (if his knees don’t give out first).

A novel about ten-year-old Paddy Clarke in Barrytown, north Dublin, exploring his adventures, classroom boredom, and growing isolation at home. It portrays a boy who observes much but comprehends less as he navigates his world.

When we first met Paula Spencer - in The Woman Who Walked into Doors - she was thirty-nine, recently widowed, an alcoholic struggling to hold her family together. Paula Spencer begins on the eve of Paula's forty-eighth birthday.

Mr Mack's inventing career has got off to a bad start \- he's been arrested! It's up to Jimmy, Robbie, Kayla and Rover the wonder-dog to: - Rescue Mr Mack from prison - Avoid the orphan catchers - Save the world from an army of stroppy slugs Will they succeed? There's only one way to find out\.

En flok unge arbejdsløse fra Dublin beslutter sig til at danne et band, men indbyrdes modsætninger får det hele til at ramle sammen, lige inden den første pladekontrakt er i hus.

The next round in the beloved Two Pints series from the ever-brilliant, always hilarious imagination of bestselling author of The Commitments and Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Two men meet for a pint - or three - in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights and mourn friends gone: David Bowie, Prince, Princess Leia and Young Frankenstein. Around them the world of Brexit, Trump, and referendums storm, but some things - good things - never change. Inspired by the last five years of news, Roddy Doyle's Two for the Road offers a strong brew of Roddy Doyle's comic genius - to be downed in one riotous sitting, or savoured over, laugh after laugh.

For the past few years Roddy Doyle has been writing stories for Metro Eireann, a newspaper started by, and aimed at, immigrants to Ireland. Each of the stories took a new slant on the immigrant experience, something of increasing relevance and importance in today's Ireland. The stories range from 'Guess Who's Coming to the Dinner', where a father who prides himself on his open-mindedness when his daughters talk about sex, is forced to confront his feelings when one of them brings home a black fella, to a terrifying ghost story, 'The Pram', in which a Polish nanny grows impatient with her charge's older sisters and decides - in a phrase she has learnt - to 'scare them shitless'. Most of the stories are very funny - in '57% Irish' Ray Brady tries to devise a test of Irishness by measuring reactions to Robbie Keane's goal against Germany in the 2002 World Cup, Riverdance and 'Danny Boy' - others deeply moving. And best of all, in the title story itself,Jimmy Rabbitte, the man who formed The Commitments, decides it's time to find a new band, and this time no White Irish need apply. Multicultural to a fault, The Deportees specialise not in soul music this time, but the songs of Woody Guthrie.

My name is Paula Spencer. I am thirty-nine years old. It was my birthday last week. I was married for eighteen years. My husband died last year. He was shot by the Guards. He left me a year before that. I threw him out. His name was Charles Spencer; every

Der Name Henry Smart steht für eine untergegangene Welt, deren Legenden und Mythen bis heute die irische Seele berühren und das Stadtbild Dublins prägen. Irgendwo zwischen einem übermächtigen Sternenhimmel und den düsteren Kanälen der Stadt muss der kleine Henry in einem Dubliner Armenviertel das Leben und die Liebe lernen. Schließlich pfeift er auf alles, was anderen heilig ist: Himmel und irische Erde, Kirche und Wahrheit, Familie, Ehre und Bildung, Hunger und Krieg, Macht und Angst, Leben und Tod. Abiturempfehlung zum Themenbereich Ireland

Kellie Harrington grew up in Dublin's north inner city and was in danger of going down the wrong path in life before she discovered boxing. Her local boxing club was all-male and initially wouldn't let her join, but she persisted. Her development into an elite boxer was confirmed with medals at the 2016 and 2018 world championships, and crowned with a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Meanwhile, Kellie won the hearts of the Irish public through her sparkling personality. Working with Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle, Kellie will tell the story of her sometimes troubled childhood, her unlikely rise to greatness, and her continuing commitment to living a normal life - which in her case has involved deciding to stay amateur as a boxer and keeping her job as part of the household/domestic staff team at a psychiatric hospital.

McSweeney's Issue 23 includes ten stories from ten excellent writers, including Wells Tower, Chris Bachelder, Ann Beattie, and other agile talents bringing visions of the Dallas/Fort Worth fake-watch trade and Papua New Guinea in the 1960s.  Every story gets its own front and back cover drawn, collaged, or embroidered by the polymathic Andrea Dezsö.  The whole thing is wrapped in a jacket that unfolds into five square feet of double-sided glory — spread it out one way for dozens of very short stories by Dave Eggers, arranged in what we're pretty sure is a volvelle; flip it over and witness all those Dezsö illustrations stitched into one unbroken expanse.

Ollie Ewing is barely surviving. Back home in Sligo, he's collecting trolleys in a supermarket car park and living in a run-down house with a group of art students. He has lost his child-like innocence and he can't escape what has happened in London. Tormented by old fears and regrets, he loses himself in everyday routine and is kept going by his painfully black sense of humour. Finally, Ollie steels himself to return to England to confront his demons. He re-enters a world of casual labour and protection rackets on the building sites of London; a world peopled by sinister figures such as Silver John and Scots Bob; an intimidating world of uncertain justice where violence will easily erupt. Sudden Times is a powerful and shocking psychological thriller, revealing its truth through a growing awareness of the skewed and unreliable consciousness of its narrator. The result is a masterpiece of sustained tension.

"The joy of fiction is the joy of the imagination. . . ." The best stories engage readers, compelling them to turn pages in anticipation of what comes next. Great literature is defined by its imagination, as demonstrated in this exceptional anthology, which redefines the boundaries of imaginative fiction. It features contributions from renowned writers like Peter Straub, Chuck Palahniuk, Roddy Doyle, and Joyce Carol Oates, among others, showcasing their craft and challenging misconceptions about genres. Curated by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio, who personally selected each story, the anthology sets a high standard for this "new literature of the imagination." The collection aims to present familiar themes in fresh, illuminating ways. Notable tales include Joe Hill's disturbing exploration of evil in "Devil on the Staircase," Lawrence Block's unique take on fishing in "Catch and Release," and Carolyn Parkhurst's dark sibling rivalry in "Unwell." Joanne Harris introduces ancient gods in modern New York in "Wildfire in Manhattan," while Richard Adams's "The Knife" delves into vengeance. Jeffery Deaver's "The Therapist" features a psychologist on a mission to save lives, and Neil Gaiman's chilling "The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains" offers a haunting punishment for a grave crime. This visionary volume will transform readers’ perspectives and ignite a renewed appreciation for exceptional fiction.

Set in a Dublin suburb during the 1990 World Cup, this novel completes a trilogy which began with The Commitments and The Snapper. Jimmy Rabbitte Sr seeks refuge from the vicissitudes of unemployment by joining a friend in running a fish-and-chip van.

"Sometimes when nothing happened it was really getting ready to happen." Irish Paddy rampages through Barrytown streets with like-minded hooligans, playing cowboys, etching names in wet concrete, setting fires. The gang are not bad boys, just restless. When his parents argue, Paddy stays up all night to keep them safe. Change always comes, not always for the better.

No. 1 bestselling memoir of Roy Keane, former captain of Manchester United and Ireland - co-written with Man Booker Prize-winner Roddy Doyle. Now updated with a new chapter, including Roy leaving Aston Villa and the Republic of Ireland's qualification for Euro 2016. In a stunning collaboration with Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle, Roy Keane gives a brutally honest account of his last days as a player, the highs and lows of his managerial career, and his life as an outspoken ITV pundit. 'Roy Keane's book is a masterpiece . . . It may well be the finest, most incisive deconstruction of football management that the game has ever produced' Mail on Sunday 'A genuine pleasure . . . His thoughts on his players are humane, interesting, candid and never less than believable' The Times 'The best things are the small things: regretting joining Ipswich when he discovered the training kit was blue; refusing to sign Robbie Savage because his answerphone message was rubbish; being appalled that his side had listened to an Abba song before playing football' Evening Standard 'The book is brilliantly constructed, rattling along at breakneck speed . . . full of self-deprecation . . . a ruthless self-examination' Daily Telegraph

Meet the Rabbitte family, 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 family are forced to rally together and discover the strangeness of intimacy. But the question remains: which friend of the family is the father of Sharon's child? By the bestselling author of The Commitments, now a long-running West End stage show. 'Unstoppable fun. A big-hearted, big-night out' The Times

'The Deportees' is a collection of stories from the pen of well-known author Roddy Doyle.

We last saw Henry Smart, his leg severed in an accident with a railway boxcar, crawl into the Utah desert to die - only to be discovered by John Ford, who's there shooting his latest Western.

Bullfighting, Doyle's second collection of stories, offers a series of bittersweet takes on men and middle-age, revealing a panorama of Ireland today. Moving from classrooms to local pubs to bullrings, these tales feature an array of men taking stock and reliving past glories, each concerned with loss in different ways-of their place in the world, of their power, their virility, health, and love. "Recuperation" follows a man as he sets off on his daily prescribed walk around his neighbourhood, the sights triggering recollections of his family and his younger days. In "Animals", George recalls caring for his children's many pets and his heartfelt effort to spare them grief when they died or disappeared. The title story captures the mixture of bravado and helplessness of four friends who go off to Spain on holiday. Sharply observed, funny, and moving, these thirteen stories present a new vision of contemporary Ireland, of its woes and triumphs, and middle-aged men trying to break out of the routines of their lives.

Love and marriage, children and family, death and grief. Life touches everyone the same, but living under lockdown? It changes us alone. A man abroad wanders the stag-and-hen-strewn streets of Newcastle, as news of the virus at home asks him to question his next move. An exhausted nurse struggles to let go, having lost a much-loved patient in isolation. A middle-aged son, barred from his mother's funeral, wakes to an oncoming hangover of regret. Told with Doyle's signature warmth, wit and extraordinary eye for the richness that underpins the quiet of our lives, Life Without Children cuts to the heart of how we are all navigating loss, loneliness and the shifting of history underneath our feet. 'Life Without Children is boldly exhilarating, with its revelations of quiet love and the sheer charm of the characters' voices' Sunday Times 'Quietly devastating...shivers with emotion' Financial Times 'In the stripping away of everyday anxieties, the virus reveals what matters most, those qualities that are always at the heart of Doyle's fiction- love and connection' Observer 'Moving...and beautiful' Daily Mail

The hotel has stood on Dublin's quays since the 1920s, but its glory days are over. Most of the guests and staff we meet are escaping from something. Their stories are told in different chapters by seven Irish writers, including Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright and Colm Toibin.

Two men meet for a pint in a Dublin pub...In 2012, Roddy Doyle showed us the world anew: through the back-and-forth of two Dublin pub-dwellers. They chewed the fat, set the world to rights, slagged each other unmercifully. And along the way, they chased the ebb and flow and stupidity of the year right to the bottom of their pints.Today, they're still at it - even over Zoom, if needs be. Collected for the first time, here is almost a decade's worth of elections and referendums, births and deaths, football, financial crashes, pandemics and the philosophical questions of life, as told through the wit and warmth of Roddy Doyle's comic genius.Includes: Two Pints , Two More Pints , Two for the Road - and, for the first time in print, Two Pints: The Play and The Zoom Pints

The 1993 Booker Prize winner. Paddy Clarke, a ten-year-old Dubliner, describes his world, a place full of warmth, cruelty, love, sardines and slaps across the face. He's confused; he sees everything but he understands less and less.

During a husky safari in Finland, Tom and Johnny's half-sister finds herself in a perilous situation that challenges family bonds and personal courage. As the trio navigates the snowy wilderness, they confront unexpected dangers and uncover secrets that test their relationships. The journey becomes a transformative experience, highlighting themes of resilience, loyalty, and the complexities of family dynamics against a stunning Arctic backdrop.

In "The Women Behind the Door," Roddy Doyle revisits Paula Spencer at sixty-six, as she navigates life as a mother and grandmother. When her daughter Nicola arrives, seeking solace from her seemingly perfect life, they confront shared memories and secrets, revealing the complexities of family ties and personal struggles.

A serial novel by 15 of the brightest talents in Irish writing (including Marian Keyes, Pauline McLynn, Gina Moxley and Frank McCourt), telling an elaborate tale of murder, mayhem and literary shenanigans in present-day Dublin. Approximately #1 from every copy sold will go to Amnesty International.

Reading Smile , one is swept along - as in all Doyle's novels - by the vibrancy of the language, the vivid sense of character and place , but nothing prepares you for the final few pages where, in a twist of imaginative brilliance , everything you have read is turned completely on its head... Smile is beautifully written, and beautifully observed - the rituals of male friendships, the pride a mother takes in her son getting a job... the way an uncertain man feels when a beautiful woman shows interest... There is not a superfluous word . Mick Brown Daily Telegraph

Novelist Doyle shares the story of his parents' lives, largely in their own words. By turns poignant, wry, hilarious, and sweet, "Rory & Ita" is an account of the moments that make up two intertwined lives.

It's 1924, and New York is the centre of the universe. Henry Smart, on the run from Dublin, falls on his feet. He is a handsome man with a sandwich board, behind which he stashes hooch for the speakeasies of the Lower East Side. He catches the attention of the mobsters who run the district and soon there are eyes on his back and men in the shadows. It is time to leave, for another America- Chicago is wild and new, and newest of all is the music. Furious, wild, happy music played by a man with a trumpet and bleeding lips called Louis Armstrong. His music is everywhere, coming from every open door, every phonograph. But Armstrong is a prisoner of his colour; there are places a black man cannot go, things he cannot do. Armstrong needs a man, a white man, and the man he chooses is Henry Smart.

Pat had been best friends with Joe Murphy since they were kids. But years ago they had a fight. A big one, and they haven't spoken since --- till the day before Joe's funeral. What? On the day before his funeral Joe would be dead, wouldn't he? Yes, he would... Roddy Doyle's first book for the Quick Reads programme to support adult literacy is fast, funny and just a tiny bit spooky.

Davy and Joe have got a lot to catch up on. Drinking pals back in their Dublin days, Davy rarely sees Joe for a pint anymore - maybe one or two when Davy's over from England to check in on his elderly father. But tonight, one pint will turn to three, and then five as Joe recounts a secret, leading the two men on a bender back to the haunts of their youth. Joe has left his wife and family for another woman, Jessica. Davy knows her too, or he should - she was the girl of their dreams all those years ago, the girl with the cello in George's Pub. As Joe's story unfolds across Dublin - pub after pub - so too do the memories of what eventually drove Davy from Ireland- his first meeting with Faye, the woman that would become his wife, his father's sombre disapproval, the pained spaces left behind when a parent dies. As much a hymn to the Dublin and the pubs of one's youth as a delightfully comic, yet moving portrait of what it means to try put into words the many forms love can take, Lovemarks a triumphant new turn for Roddy Doyle.

Op een avond in 1995 logeren enkele uiteenlopende figuren in een verlopen hotel in Dublin. Geschreven door zeven Ierse auteurs, maar het is aan de lezer te raden wie wat schreef.

Set in a contemporary Dublin pub, this adaptation of a classic play introduces a Nigerian asylum-seeker as the lead character, reflecting on modern themes of race and immigration in Ireland. Co-authored by Bisi Adigun, the artistic director of Ireland's first African theater company, and acclaimed novelist Roddy Doyle, the production emphasizes intercultural collaboration. Originally performed at Dublin's Abbey Theater in 2007, its popularity led to a revival in 2009, showcasing its relevance and resonance with contemporary audiences.

This collection looks at the years of innocence, the pains and pleasures of schooldays and the struggles of adolescence in stories by such writers as Seamus Heaney, Roddy Doyle, Flann O'Brien, William Trevor, Bryan MacMahon, Samuel Beckett, Neil Jordan, Sean O'Faolain, Edna O'Brien, Brian Friel, Maeve Binchy, Brendan Behan and many more.

Gleich wird Mr. Mack, Kekstester in einer Süsswarenfabrik, in einen grossen saftigen Hundehaufen treten, den die Giggler, putzige Vertreter der irischen Anderswelt, für ihn vorbereitet haben. Doch warum wollen sie ihn bestrafen?

Klug, feinfühlig, voller Humor: Kinderliteratur vom Feinsten Als Onkel Ben sein Geschäft aufgeben muss, ist den Kindern Gloria und Raymond klar, dass irgendetwas Schlimmes passiert sein muss. Denn Onkel Ben ist einfach nicht mehr der alte, von seiner Fröhlichkeit ist ihm nichts mehr geblieben. Die Großmutter behauptet, ein »schwarzer Hund«, der die ganze Stadt Dublin heimsucht, sei die Ursache des Übels. Gloria und Raymond beschließen, etwas zu unternehmen! Und so beginnt für die Kinder von Dublin ein wundervolles Abenteuer. Am Ende sind es die Tiere aus dem Zoo, die den Kindern helfen, das Ungeheuer für immer zu vertreiben.

Jimmy Rabbitte ist mittlerweile 47 Jahre alt, hat vier Kinder, eine liebevolle Ehefrau - und die Diagnose Darmkrebs. So schnell hat ihn eigentlich noch nichts umgehauen, aber diesmal ist sich Rabbitte, ehemaliger Sänger der legendären Dubliner Soulband 'The Commitments', nicht so sicher. Nach einer durchzechten Nacht im Pub trifft er unerwartet auf zwei ehemalige Bandkollegen und die Vergangenheit scheint ihn wieder einzuholen. Roddy Doyle ist erneut ein kultiges Meisterwerk geglückt. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Irish Book Award als bester Roman 2013 ist 'Punk is Dad' eine bewegende Tragikomödie über Familie, Freundschaften und das Älterwerden der Generation, die in den 1980er Jahren jung war. Inklusive seitenweise original irischer Dialoge, wie nur Doyle sie schreiben kann! Dieser Titel wird als HardcoverPlus ausgeliefert, jedem Buch ist ein individueller Code zum Gratis Download eines E-Books beigefügt.

Bevat: De Commitments, De bastaard en De bus

Der Roman des irischen Autors (Jg. 1958) ist im Dubliner Arbeitervorort Barrymore angesiedelt: Schüler und junge Arbeiter gründen eine Soulband, träumen von einer steilen Karriere ... Ihr Programm: Sex und Politik.

Het levensverhaal van de ouders van de Ierse schrijver (1958- ).

Ein ergreifendes Zeugnis, ein einzigartiges Memoir, die zärtliche Verbeugung eines Sohnes vor den Eltern. »Ich wollte Fragen stellen, bevor es zu spät war«, sagte Roddy Doyle und zeichnete das Leben seiner Eltern auf. Rory und Ita, geboren in den zwanziger Jahren in Irland, erzählen abwechselnd ihre Geschichte. Sie sprechen über Kindheit und Jugend im Irland der zwanziger und dreißiger Jahre, über ihren Beruf – er war Schriftsetzer, sie Hausfrau –, die Heirat, die Familie, die Feste, das Haus in einem Vorort in Dublin – kurz, über ihr ganzes Leben. Rory und Ita sind zwei durch und durch liebenswerte Menschen und begnadete Erzähler mit einem exzellenten Gedächtnis. Und während das irische Landleben vermeintlich unspektakulär weiterläuft, bereiten sich woanders die großen europäischen Umwälzungen vor.

Nur einer vermag so humorvoll von Liebe, Tod und Abschiednehmen zu erzählen: Roddy Doyle! Im Moment findet Mary alles gar nicht leicht: Ihre liebe, witzige, wunderbare Großmutter Emer liegt im Sterben. Deshalb hat Mary überhaupt keinen Nerv, sich mit der altmodisch wirkenden Fremden zu unterhalten, die sie eines Tages einfach so anspricht. Doch schnell stellt sich heraus, dass diese Tansey niemand Geringeres als die Mutter von Emer ist – also Marys seit langem tote Urgroßmutter. Als Geist ist sie gekommen, um zusammen mit ihrer sterbenden Tochter sowie Mary und deren Mutter Scarlett ein letztes großes Abenteuer zu erleben. Gesagt – getan! Mit Scarlett am Steuer begeben sich die vier Frauen aus vier Generationen auf eine unvergessliche, letzte gemeinsame Reise in die Nacht.

Vijftien Ierse auteurs. Moord en doodslag, onveilige seks, schoonmaakartikelen en een gestolen manuscript. En een goed doel. Doodslag in Dublin is een zeer bijzondere, geestige en briljante literaire thriller; als ook een combinatie van satire en hilarische serie-roman. Het goede doel: een belangrijk deel van de opbrengst van het boek zal naar Amnesty International gaan. Vanaf het eerste hoofdstuk. geschreven door niemand minder dan Roddy Doyle, tot en met het laatste, van de hand van Frank McCourt, wordt de lezer in Doodslag in Dublin meegevoerd op een onvergetelijke speurtocht naar een literaire schat met een geheime formule.

Hanna ist noch sehr klein, als ihre Mutter stirbt. Sie lebt jetzt allein mit ihrem Vater, der den Verlust nicht verschmerzt, erstarrt und ihr deshalb nicht helfen kann, die Trauer um die Mutter zu bewältigen. Trotzdem entwickelt sich Hanna zu einem „gut funktionierenden“ und scheinbar fröhlichen Mädchen. In ihrem Inneren aber sieht es ganz anders aus: Sie ist oft traurig und sie leidet darunter, dass sie sich nicht an das Gesicht ihrer Mutter erinnern kann. Doch eine weise Frau zeigt ihr, wie sie die Erinnerung wiedergewinnen, die Traurigkeit zulassen und die Verbindung zur Mutter für sich und den Vater wieder herstellen kann. Das Buch demonstriert die Phasen des Trauerprozesses, die notwendig sind, um die Persönlichkeit wachsen und reifen zu lassen. Und Hannas Geschichte eröffnet auch anderen Trauernden (Kindern wie Erwachsenen) einen Weg, diesen Prozess nachzuerleben. Es ist nie zu spät …

Voi forse no, ma i due protagonisti di Matto weekend, dopo essersi precipitati allo stadio e aver setacciato l’intera Liverpool alla ricerca dell’introvabile Ben, cominciano a farsi domande filosofiche sul senso della vita e di conseguenza cadono in crisi. Cosa mai sarà successo a Ben? Possibile che si sia soltanto perso? I mesi passano e nessuno risponde ai continui sms dei ragazzi. Finché un colpo di scena restituirà loro la passione per il calcio, la birra e le donne, insieme a un Ben che pare provenire dritto dal paradiso terrestre. Scritto con lo stile acido e veloce che ha reso Roddy Doyle uno degli autori più seguiti di oggi, Matto weekend è il fulminante, spassosissimo apologo di un’amicizia assoluta: ammesso che, ai nostri giorni, si possa ancora distinguere l’amicizia. dall’amore.