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A Greyhound of a Girl by Roddy Doyle
25.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
This is a pre-read / used book. Fair condition - yellowing and foxing to edges of pages. Mary O'Hara is a sharp and cheeky 12-year-old Dublin schoolgirl who is bravely facing the fact that her beloved Granny is dying. But Granny can't let go of life, and when a mysterious young woman turns up in M ...Show more
A Greyhound of a Girl by Roddy Doyle
16.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Reading Level: From 9 To 11
12 year old Mary's beloved grandmother is near the end of her life. Letting go is hard - until Granny's long-dead mammy appears. Her ghost has returned to help her dying daughter say goodbye to the ones she loves. But first she needs to take them all on a road trip to the past. A GREYHOUND OF A GIRL is ...Show more
A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle
26.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The last roundup | Reading Level: good
A historical tale marking a new turn in Doyle's writing. Born in the slums of Dublin in 1902, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. He eventually becomes a Fenian, a rebel, a republican legend - one of Michael Collins's boys, an assassin on a stolen bike.
Brilliant by Roddy Doyle
19.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
When Uncle Ben's Dublin business fails, it's clear to Gloria and Raymond that something is wrong. He just isn't his usual cheerful self. So when the children overhear their granny saying that the Black Dog has settled on Ben's back and he won't be OK until it's gone, they decide they're going to get rid ...Show more
Brilliant by Roddy Doyle
19.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
When Uncle Ben's Dublin business fails, it's clear to Gloria and Raymond that something is wrong. He just isn't his usual cheerful self. So when the children overhear their granny saying that the Black Dog has settled on Ben's back and he won't be OK until it's gone, they decide they're going to get rid ...Show more
Bullfighting by Roddy Doyle
37.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The men in Bullfighting are each concerned with loss in different ways - of their place in their world, of power, virility, love - of the boom days and the Celtic Tiger. 'The stories, his memories, were wearing out' the narrator of the title story thinks, 'and there was nothing new replacing them.' The ...Show more
Charlie Savage by Roddy Doyle
24.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Meet Charlie Savage- a middle-aged Dubliner with an indefatigable wife, an exasperated daughter, a drinking buddy who's realised that he's been a woman all along ... Compiled here for the first time is a whole year's worth of Roddy Doyle's hilarious series for the Irish Independent. Giving a unique voi ...Show more
Charlie Savage by Roddy Doyle
30.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Meet Charlie Savage: a middle-aged Dubliner with an indefatigable wife, an exasperated daughter, a drinking buddy who's realized that he's been a woman all along... Compiled here for the first time is a whole year's worth of Roddy Doyle's hilariousseries for the Irish Independent. Giving a unique voice ...Show more
Her Mother's Face by Roddy Doyle
29.99 NZD
33.00 (9% off)
Category: Children Fiction
Doyle's debut picture book is perfect for anyone who has loved, lost, or known the value of family. This powerful story explores grief and the healing power of laughter, with Doyle's unmistakable insight and gentle humor. Full color.
Life Without Children: Stories by Roddy Doyle
35.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
A brilliantly warm, witty and moving portrait of our pandemic lives, told in ten heart-rending short stories Love and marriage. Children and family. Death and grief. Life touches everyone the same. But living under lockdown, it changes us alone. In these ten, beautifully moving short stories mostly writ ...Show more
Love by Roddy Doyle
24.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
A masterful novel about coming-of-age and finding love in Dublin's pubs, from the Booker-winning Roddy Doyle'A profound examination of friendship, romantic confusion and mortality' John BoyneOne summer's evening, two men meet up in a Dublin restaurant.Old friends, now married and with grown-up children, ...Show more
Love by Roddy Doyle
35.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'A profound examination of friendship, romantic confusion and mortality' John Boyne One summer's evening, two men meet up in a Dublin restaurant. Old friends, now married and with grown-up children, their lives have taken seemingly similar paths. But Joe has a secret he has to tell Davy, and Davy, a ...Show more