The Woman Who Walked Into Doors

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Prize-winner Roddy Doyle's novel is the story of an ordinary woman from Dublin and her stormy relationship with her husband Charlo.

Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of eleven acclaimed novels including The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van and Smile, two collections of short stories, and Rory & Ita, a memoir about his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.

It is the triumph of this novel that Doyle - entirely without condescension - shows the inner life of this battered housewife to be the same stuff as that of the heroes of the great novels of Europe -- Mary Gordon * New York Times Book Review * In feeling the pulse of a raw Dublin suburb, Doyle is recording a beat that can be recognised all over the world * The Times * This new novel is Roddy Doyle's best to date. I cannot recall any writer who has better captured the vulnerability and courage of a woman trapped in a loveless marriage * Cork Examiner * Even more mesmerizing than his prize-winning Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha * Daily Mail * Impassioned, dignified and richly humane * Independent * His best work yet * The Times * Compulsively readable * Financial Times *