Love
by Roddy Doyle
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Pub Date 15 Oct 2020 | Archive Date 15 Nov 2020
Random House UK, Vintage Publishing | Jonathan Cape
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Description
‘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 grief he wants to keep from Joe. Both are not the men they used to be.
Neither Davy nor Joe know what the night has in store, but as two pints turns to three, then five, and the men set out to revisit the haunts of their youth, the ghosts of Dublin entwine around them. Their first buoyant forays into adulthood, the pubs, the parties, broken hearts and bungled affairs, as well as the memories of what eventually drove them apart.
As the two friends try to reconcile their versions of the past over the course of one night, Love offers up a delightfully comic, yet moving portrait of the many forms love can take throughout our lives.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781787332270 |
| PRICE | £18.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 336 |
Featured Reviews
Steve H, Librarian
A nostalgic bender around the pubs of Dublin, Roddy Doyle's dialogue flows like the many pints his protagonists knock back.
Covering more than the odd numbers of the Seven Ages of Man, you could easily believe that some of the characters from The Commitments are there somewhere, rubbing shoulders with Joe and Davy.
Anxiety about the future is something we all feel, particularly at the moment. The love of a good friend is both a cure and a curse. They make us laugh and cry in equal measure. They are there to catch us when we fall.
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Educator 211653
Thank you Net Galley. (Four and a half stars rounded to five.) I loved this book. It was simple and funny and thought provoking. Always readable. Loved it.
Anne H, Reviewer
Only Roddy Doyle (or Flann O’Brien in his day) could make an engrossing tale out of two mates on a pub crawl around Dublin, reliving their youth and love lives. Written almost entirely in dialogue, the hilarious (and very bawdy) banter between the two men keeps the reader engaged, even as they become more and more inebriated and incoherent. It’s another literary tour de force from a comedy genius which would work just as well on the stage, as Doyle can use his talent as a playwright for both occasions.
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