Bullfighting: Stories
Roddy Doyle is an internationally bestselling writer. His first three novels—The Commitments,The Snapper, and the 1991 Booker Prize finalistThe Van—are known asThe Barrytown Trilogy. He is also the author of the novelsPaddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha(1993 Booker Prize winner),The Woman Who Walked into Doors, andA Star Called Henry, and a non-fiction book about his parents,Rory & Ita. Doyle has also written for the stage and the screen: the playsBrownbread,War,Guess Who's Coming for the Dinner, andThe Woman Who Walked Into Doors; the film adaptations ofThe Commitments)as co-writer),The Snapper, andThe Van;When Brendan Met Trudy(an original screenplay); the four-part television seriesFamilyfor the BBC; and the television playHell for Leather. Roddy Doyle has also written the children's booksThe Giggler Treatment,Rover Saves Christmas, andThe Meanwhile Adventuresand contributed to a variety of publications includingThe New Yorkermagazine and several anthologies. He lives in Dublin.