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IT’S THE 60TH birthday of one of Ireland’s most famous authors – Roddy Doyle.
But how much do you know about his life and works?
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Cool how he co-wrote Click with himself.
7/10 Not bad for someone who guessed every one
I know he’s over-rated and has a huge ego..
Was always meh towards him till he dissed the GAA. He can go and shite with his beloved Chelsea. What has Chelsea ever done for Kilbarrack or indeed the other 2000 ish parishes in Ireland?
A vastly overrated thrash writer who panders to the snobs who think all working class Dublin people act and talk like morons (think pig in the parlour attitude)his work is as far from literature as the beano or dandy
@Thomas Devlin: It might not be the same currently, but Doyle’s snapshots of working class Dublin in the 80s and 90s are completely bang on. Not sure where you’re coming from to be honest but looking at that comment I’d guess you were either not living in Dublin at the time or too drunk to realise what was going on…?
@Thomas Devlin: Bollox
@JC: thank you for the too drunk to remember my friend it just proves my theory of the kind of people who think that this is what life was like in Dublin in any era and it doesn’t matter anyway because ive written better essays in junior infants than his opus magnus (look it up)
@Thomas Devlin: did you use any punctuation?
@Thomas Devlin: Lived in north Dublin most of my life so not sure how I’ve proved you right with my response as I’m not a “snob” Roddy Doyle is trying to pander to. Although there’s nothing wrong with being from a different class either.
@Elma Phudd: Brilliant!
@Thomas Devlin: Things like gurriers Jackeens attacking an Aldi with a JCB during a snowstorm, those kinda things never happen in Dublin do they?
Can’t stand that grossly over-rated nonentity and his purile attempts at literature so didn’t do the quiz.
@Frank McGlynn: Whose attempts do you like Frank?
I’m interested in reading good literature and I would love some direction from someone as well read as yourself.
Over egged ,but some of his stuff was funny
Roddy is permanently sat as his computer refreshing news websites for the news of a famous person’s death so he can write one his crappy short stories on Facebook.
That “2 men talking in a pub” crap he posts on Facebook about something in the news is just terrible
He likes a pint in the watermill in Raheny
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