Bullfighting

Description

Bullfighting is Roddy Doyle's eagerly anticipated second collection of stories; a series of bittersweet tales revealing a panorama of Ireland today Bullfighting moves from classrooms to graveyards, local pubs to bullrings; featuring an array of men at their working day and at rest, taking stock and reliving past glories. Each is concerned with loss in different ways - of their place in the world, of power, virility, love - of the boom days and the Celtic Tiger. Brilliantly observed, funny and moving, the stories in Bullfighting present a new vision of contemporary Ireland, of its woes and triumphs.

Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of nine acclaimed novels, one collection of short stories and Rory & Ita, a memoir about his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. His last book, The Dead Republic, was the final volume in the Henry Smart trilogy.

An effortless read, told in warm and witty Roddy Doyle style. * Reading Matters * Realistic and funny... This is a funny book about serious stuff... Doyle's descriptions of fatherhood will leave a powerful impression on any reader -- Christina Appleyard * Daily Mail * Probably the finest collection of Irish short stories since James Joyce's Dubliners * Globe and Mail * The trademark deadpan style of Doyle's storytelling make this an entirely believable comedy -- Gerard Woodward * Guardian * Roddy Doyle's Bullfighting offers a series of rare and beautiful mid-life meditations -- Jane Clinton * Sunday Express *