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Doyle grew up in Kilbarrack , Dublin . He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from University College, Dublin . He spent several years as an English and Geography teacher before becoming a full-time writer in 1993.


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Novels

  • '' The Barrytown Trilogy '':

  • --- '' The Commitments '' (1987, film 1991) — A group of Dublin teenagers, led by Jimmy Rabbitte Jr., decide to form a Soul band in the tradition of James Brown .

  • --- '' The Snapper '' (1990, film 1993) — Jimmy's sister, Sharon, becomes pregnant by a friend's father. She is determined to have the child but refuses to reveal the father's identity to her family.

  • --- '' The Van '' (1991, shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize , film 1997) — Jimmy Sr. is laid off, as is his friend Bimbo. They both go in on a used fish and chips van and go into business for themselves.


  • '' Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha '' (1993, winner of the 1993 Booker Prize ) — The world as described, understood and misunderstood by a ten-year-old Dubliner.

  • '' The Woman Who Walked Into Doors '' (1997) — a story of a battered wife, narrated by the victim; despite her husband's increasingly violent behaviour, she defends him, using the classic excuse "I walked into a door" to explain her bruises.

  • '' The Last Roundup '':

  • --- '' A Star Called Henry '' (1999) — The story of Henry Smart from his childhood till early twenties.

  • --- '' Oh, Play That Thing! '' (2004) — Henry Smart's adventure into United States.



Non-Fiction

  • ''Rory and Ita'' ; about Doyle's parents



Theatre

  • ''Brown Bread'' (1987)

  • ''War'' (1989)




Screenplays

  • ''When Brendan Met Trudy'' (2000) — An amusing, light-hearted tale of romance between a timid schoolteacher (Brendan) and a spunky thief (Trudy).



Children's books



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