For the past few years Roddy Doyle has been writing stories for Metro Eireann, a newspaper started by, and aimed at, immigrants to Ireland. Each of the stories took a new slant on the immigrant experience, something of increasing relevance and importance in today's Ireland.
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'.
| ISBN: | 9780099507055 |
| Publication date: | 7th August 2008 |
| Author: | Roddy Doyle |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 242 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Shorter Reads |
For the past few years Roddy Doyle has been writing stories for Metro Eireann, a newspaper started by, and aimed at, immigrants to Ireland. Each of the stories took a new slant on the immigrant experience, something of increasing relevance and importance in today's Ireland.
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'.
The Deportees features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Shorter Reads
The Deportees is available in Paperback
The Deportees was written by Roddy Doyle and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
The Deportees has 242 pages
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