| The Deportees: And Other Stories Contributor(s): Doyle, Roddy (Author), Lee, Hugh (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0792753291 ISBN-13: 9780792753292 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: February 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: 822.914 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The eight tales in Roddy Doyle's first-ever collection of stories have one thing in common: someone born in Ireland meets someone who has come to live there. New Boy describes the first day of school for a nine-year-old boy from Africa; while in The Pram, a terrifying ghost story, a Polish nanny grows impatient with her charge's older sisters and decides--in a new phrase she has learned--to "scare them shitless." In 57% Irish, a man decides to devise a test of Irishness by measuring reactions to three things: Riverdance, the song "Danny Boy," and Robbie Keane's goal against Germany in the 2002 World Cup. And in the wonderful title story, Jimmy Rabbitte, the man who formed The Commitments, decides that it's time to find a new band--a multicultural outfit that specializes not in soul music but in the folk songs of Woody Guthrie. With empathy and insight, The Deportees and Other Stories takes a new slant on the immigrant experience, something of increasing relevance in today's Ireland. |
Contributor Bio(s): Doyle, Roddy: - Roddy Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist, and screenwriter. He is a recipient of the Irish PEN Award for Literature, and his novel Paddy Clarke Ha-Ha won the Man Booker Prize in 1993. Several of his books have been made into successful films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Lee, Hugh: -Hugh Lee has worked extensively in theater and television. He starred in the West End in Stones in His Pockets, played Yolland in the Abbey Theatre's production of Translations, and played Thurio in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. His television appearances include Bad Girls, Just William, Doctors, and Bugs. |