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Roddy Doyle’s ‘Smile’

Date: November 2, 2017 - BooksReviews

Smile - Roddy Doyle

Smile - Roddy Doyle


THROUGHOUT his successful writing career, Roddy Doyle has been associated mostly with candid depictions of Irish family life, energetic prose and vernacular dialogue. His latest novel addresses the very familiar topic of institutional sexual abuse. The 54-year-old Victor Forde is an unreliable narrator with a tendency to be vague about his past – and particularly… Read more »

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