Roddy Doyle

Why Is Roddy Doyle Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Roddy Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.

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What Are Roddy Doyle's Academic Contributions?

Roddy Doyle has made the following academic contributions:

• The Woman Who Walked into Doors
• The Van
• The Snapper
• The Guts
• The Dead Republic
• The Commitments
• Smile
• Paula Spencer
• Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
• Click