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Imprint: Jonathan Cape
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Published: 01/11/2012
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ISBN: 9780224097819
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Length: 96 Pages
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Dimensions: 204mm x 15mm x 135mm
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Weight: 182g
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RRP: £9.99
Two men meet for a pint in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights, take the piss… They talk about their wives, their kids, their kids’ pets, their football teams and – this being Ireland in 2011–12 –about the euro, the crash, the presidential election, the Queen’s visit. But these men are not parochial or small-minded; one of them knows where to find the missing Colonel Gaddafi (he’s working as a cleaner at Dublin Airport); they worry about Greek debt, the IMF and the bondholders ( whatever they might be); in their fashion, they mourn the deaths of Whitney Houston, Donna Summer, Davy Jones and Robin Gibb; and they ask each other the really important questions like ‘Would you ever let yourself be digitally enhanced?’
Inspired by a year’s worth of news, Two Pints distils the essence of Roddy Doyle’s comic genius. This book shares the concision of a collection of poems, and the timing of a virtuoso comedian.
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Imprint: Jonathan Cape
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Published: 01/11/2012
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ISBN: 9780224097819
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Length: 96 Pages
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Dimensions: 204mm x 15mm x 135mm
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Weight: 182g
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RRP: £9.99
Reviews
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"It deploys obscenity with nothing short of comic genius"
Tom Sutcliffe, Independent
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"It’s so funny that I could read it over and over, and it will probably end up in the smallest room (really it’s that good)."
Kate Saunders, SAGA
