Roddy Doyle made a heralded literary debut with “The Commitments” in 1987 and has been writing award-winning novels about Ireland ever since, mostly in crisp, inventive dialogue, often from a working-class adolescent point of view.
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Roddy Doyle made a heralded literary debut with “The Commitments” in 1987 and has been writing award-winning novels about Ireland ever since, mostly in crisp, inventive dialogue, often from a working-class adolescent point of view.