Penguin Books, Summer 2012 - Bookseller Services - Penguin Group

iSBN 978-0-14-312106-0 $15.00 (NCR)
Fiction 5 1 /16 x 7 3 /4 224 pp. Rights: F00
Pub history: Viking hc 978-0-670-02287-8
On sale: 5/29/2012
SuGGeSTeD ORDeR
“ These stories feel natural,
autobiographical, like the kind of
thing a man might tell you over a warm beer
in a quiet bar.” —The Boston Globe
“ Doyle never tells a reader what to think
and so preserves a sense of wonder and
interpretation that is pure oxygen to
the story form.” —Los Angeles Times
Also AvAilABle fRoM Penguin:
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha 978-0-14-023390-2 $16.00
A Star Called Henry 978-0-14-303461-2 $16.00
“ [No one] can match Doyle for the
fluency with which he tacks back and
forth between the hilarious and the
heartbreaking.” —The New York Times
Book Review
Bullfighting
Stories
Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle has won acclaim for his wry wit, his uncanny ear,
and his remarkable ability to fully capture the voices and hearts
of his characters. Bullfighting, his second collection of stories,
offers a series of bittersweet takes on men and middle age,
revealing a panorama of Ireland today. Moving from classrooms
to graveyards, from local pubs to bullrings, these tales of taking
stock and reliving past glories feature men concerned with loss—
of their place in the world, of their power, virility, health, and ability
to love.
n Many of the stories originally appeared in The New Yorker
n Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha won the Booker Prize
n Visit roddydoyle.com
n Also available as an e-book
Roddy doyle is the award-winning author of nine
novels, a collection of short stories, and a nonfiction book about
the lives of his parents. He lives in Dublin.
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