Monday Night Fiction: An Evening with Roddy Doyle | Luminato

Ireland's Roddy Doyle joins Luminato for the Toronto debut of his latest novel, The Dead Republic. Author of The Commitments and winner of the 1993 Man Booker Prize for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, Doyle is one of the world's most admired writers. The new novel, which concludes his trilogy The Last Roundup, examines the history of Ireland in the twentieth century through the eyes of a returning expatriate.

"Stunning...not only Doyle's best novel yet; it is a masterpiece, an extraordinarily entertaining epic."
- The Washington Post (on A Star Called Henry).

Author

Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. His first novel, The Commitments, was published to great acclaim in 1987 and was made into a very successful film in 1991.  He is the author of eight novels, a collection of stories, and Rory & Ita, a memoir of his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. He lives and works in Dublin.