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The Deportees Paperback – 6 Sept. 2007

by Roddy Doyle (Author)
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  1. Print length
    256 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Jonathan Cape
  4. Publication date
    6 Sept. 2007
  5. Dimensions
    13.4 x 2 x 21.5 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0224080628
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0224080620
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  • Publisher : Jonathan Cape; Airport / Ireland / Export e. edition (6 Sept. 2007)
  • Language : English
  • Paperback : 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 0224080628
  • ISBN-13 : 978-0224080620
  • Dimensions : 13.4 x 2 x 21.5 cm
  • Customer reviews:
    5.0 out of 5 stars 1 rating

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Book Description

Roddy Doyle's first ever collection of stories.

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The stories range from 'Guess Who's Coming to the Dinner', where a father - who prides himself on his open-mindedness when his daughters talk about sex - is forced to confront his feelings when one of them brings home a black fella, to a terrifying ghost story, 'The Pram', in which a Polish nanny grows impatient with her charge's older sisters and decides - in a phrase she has learnt - to 'scare them shitless'. Most of the stories are very funny - in '57 per cent Irish' Ray Brady tries to devise a test of Irishness by measuring reactions to Robbie Keane's goal against Germany in the 2002 World Cup, Riverdance and 'Danny Boy' - others deeply moving. And best of all, in the title story itself, Jimmy Rabbitte, the man who formed The Commitments, decides it's time to find a new band, and this time no White Irish need apply. Multicultural to a fault, The Deportees specialise not in soul music this time, but the songs of Woody Guthrie.
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