Roddy Doyle: The Essential Guide

Roddy Doyle: The Essential Guide

Jonathan Noakes, Margaret Reynolds
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Author:  Jonathan Noakes, Margaret Reynolds
Condition:  New
Format:  Paperback
Pages:  240
Publisher:  Vintage Publishing
Year:  2004
ISBN:  9780099452195

In Vintage Living Texts, teachers, students and any lover of literature will find the essential guide to the major works of Roddy Doyle. Also included is an exclusive in-depth interview with Roddy Doyle relating specifically to the novels under discussion.

Roddy Doyle's themes, genre and narrative techniques are put under scrutiny and the emphasis is on providing a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels. Amongst many other features you'll find inspirational reading plans and contextual material, suggested complementary and comparative reading and an indispensable glossary.

Featuring the texts: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, The Van and A Star Called Henry.

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