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	1 Doyle, Roddy Barrytown Trilogy Knopf Publishing Group 1993 0-7493-9736-5 / 9780749397364 Paperback  Paperback in very good condition.The bestselling author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha presents a one-volume edition of his celebrated trio of novels. Doyle's comic novels, The Commitments,The Snapper and The Van, depict the daily life and times of the Rabbitte family in working-class Dublin.Roddy Doyle has captured the real spirit of Dublin-quick-witted, sharp, and inventive. His characters are drawn with great affection and love, and stay in the mind long after you have laughed your head off at the brilliant dialogue - Colm Toibin.  Price: 4.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	2 Doyle, Roddy The Giggler Treatment Scholastic 2001 0-439-99385-7 / 9780439993852 Paperback  Roddy Doyle is used to tough critics, with many an adult novel to his nameincluding the Booker Prize Winning Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. But here he takesthe plunge with the toughest critics of all children in his first book forthe young, The Giggler Treatment.Doyle's wry sense of the ridiculous is evident in this brave attempt (indeed, anyone who turns their hand from writing for adults to writing for children is exceptionally brave), dealing as it does with the daft, but rather appealing idea, that small creatures called Gigglers work in league with thedogs of the world to avenge the children of the ills of adults. So, everytime a cross word is said to a child by a grown-up, or every time anythingthat is deemed unfair happens (eg: if an adult farts and blames a child, oran adult puts fish on a plate but says it is chicken) the nearest Gigglerhas a quiet word in the shell-like ear of the local hound who promptly produces a steaming pile of poo for aforementioned adults to stand in.Great idea, and for an author tackling the children's market for the firsttime it is certainly impressive--adult fans of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha will already know of this author's talent for getting into the mind of a 10-year-old boy.Writing for children is not easy, but Doyle's strange little creatures who are always on the side of the kids, the liberal piles of poo and the fantastical storyline that develops in the most extraordinary manner and takesplace over a matter of minutes, will certainly appeal.There are rambling moments that do little to keep the reader's interest, and at times Doyle's style can be irritating. But on the w  Price: 4.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart