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Roddy Doyle

The Essential Guide

Margaret Reynolds author Jonathan Noakes author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:5th Feb '04

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An intelligent and helpful guide to the major works of Roddy Doyle, ideal for students and lovers of literature alike.

In Vintage Living Texts, teachers, students and any lover of literature will find the essential guide to the major works of Roddy Doyle.

Featuring the texts: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, The Van and A Star Called Henry.

In Vintage Living Texts, teachers, students and any lover of literature will find the essential guide to the major works of Roddy Doyle. Also included is an exclusive in-depth interview with Roddy Doyle relating specifically to the novels under discussion.

Roddy Doyle's themes, genre and narrative techniques are put under scrutiny and the emphasis is on providing a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels. Amongst many other features you'll find inspirational reading plans and contextual material, suggested complementary and comparative reading and an indispensable glossary.

Featuring the texts: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, The Van and A Star Called Henry.

This makes me want to read my own books all over again -- Louis de Bernieres on Louis de Bernieres: The Essential Guide

ISBN: 9780099452195

Dimensions: 200mm x 130mm x 15mm

Weight: 175g

240 pages