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   Sep 7, 2017 · Smile by Roddy Doyle is a psychological novel that touches on memory, repression, isolation and the desire for friendship. The main protagonist, Victor, goes each evening to a local pub for a few drinks. One evening, he meets a man in shorts and a pink shirt. His name is Fitzpatrick.

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   Smile is a 2017 novel by Irish author Roddy Doyle . Plot. Reception. The New Statesman said "Smile is a Trojan Horse. The tale of how a man got on with his life after an abusive childhood, in part by laughing at it, is a disguise: Doyle’s tactic is to puncture the comedy of Irish storytelling and show that it can camouflage horrific histories.

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   Oct 16, 2017 · by Roddy Doyle (Author) 3.7 1,216 ratings. Editors' pick Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense. See all formats and editions. From the author of the Booker Prize winning Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, a bold, haunting novel about the uncertainty of memory and how we contend with the past.

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6. www.penguinrandomhouse.com › books › 555575Smile by Roddy Doyle: 9780735224469 - Penguin Random House

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   “Smile is no easy maneuver: tackling a sensitive subject with the grace and gravity it deserves, and freshly delivering what readers expect in Doyle’s fiction (wit, dialogue, and the accuracy of youth). That Doyle is also, 30 years in, inventing new ways of storytelling is brave and notable.”

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7. www.popmatters.com › smile-roddy-doyle-reviewRoddy Doyle’s ‘Smile’ Explores the Vague ... - PopMatters

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   Viking. Oct 2017. The importance of a good title should never be underestimated. In the case of Smile, Roddy Doyle’s 11 th novel, the reader might be willing to follow the lead character...

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   Oct 31, 2017 · Oct. 31, 2017. SMILE By Roddy Doyle 214 pp. Viking. $25. Roddy Doyle’s new novel, his 11th, opens with a surprise: a protagonist who appears to be flirting with, of all things,...

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   Does Roddy Doyle know if Victor's Smile is autobiographical?

   • Roddy Doyle knows this territory. He’s disclosed in press interviews for this book that the passage where the Brother comments on Victor’s smile is autobiographical. The reader will be best served not to read more autobiography into this narrative, though, because that would be missing the point.

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   Who is Roddy Doyle?

   • Roddy Doyle (Irish: Ruaidhrí Ó Dúill) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. Several of his books have been made into successful films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. He won the Booker Prize in 1993. Doyle grew up in Kilbarrack, Dublin. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from University College, Dublin.

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   Is Doyle's Smile a good book?

   • Doyle’s Smile is a painful and heartbreaking feat of literary magic, a beacon of last-minute salvation fantasy in a world that’s sadly become all too familiar. The importance of a good title should never be underestimated.

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   Did Roddy Doyle say 'it was only once'?

   • “It was only once,” Victor concludes, by way of probably offering an excuse. Roddy Doyle knows this territory. He’s disclosed in press interviews for this book that the passage where the Brother comments on Victor’s smile is autobiographical.

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10. www.amazon.com › Smile-Roddy-Doyle-ebook › dpSmile - Kindle edition by Doyle, Roddy. Literature & Fiction ...

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    Sep 7, 2017 · Smile Kindle Edition. by Roddy Doyle (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 3.7 1,205 ratings. Editors' pick Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense. See all formats and editions. Kindle. $12.99 Read with our free app. Audiobook. $0.00 Free with your Audible trial. Hardcover. $9.74 71 Used from $0.96 19 New from $5.99 3 Collectible from $11.00. Paperback.

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