false 42710 8 For his many devoted readers: the first collection of stories from Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle.<br><br>For the past few years Roddy Doyle has written stories for Metro Eireann, a magazine by and for immigrants to Ireland. Each of the stories takes a new slant on the immigrant experience, something of increasing relevance and importance in Ireland today. <b>The Deportees</b> now brings those stories together for all of Roddy&#8217;s devoted readers, ranging from a terrifying ghost story, &#8220;The Pram,&#8221; in which a Polish nanny grows impatient with her charge&#8217;s older sisters and decides&#8211;using a phrase she has just learnt&#8211;to &#8220;scare them shitless,&#8221; to the glorious title story itself, where Jimmy Rabbitte, the man who formed the beloved Commitments, decides it&#8217;s time to find a new band, and this time no white Irish need apply. Multicultural to a fault, the Deportees specialize not in soul music, but in the songs of Woody Guthrie. 2983113 2007 The Deportees and other stories total:294|5:65|4:118|3:82|2:27|1:2| 294 1099 447 85 42710 0676979114 9780676979114 229 58 3.74 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42710.The_Deportees_and_other_stories 4 2 false Sat Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 11 16:20:28 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 17:51:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 42710 0676979114 9780676979114 229 58 3.74 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42710.The_Deportees_and_other_stories 3 1 false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 03 21:01:12 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 28 15:43:38 -0800 2009
Unfortunately this collection includes seven others stories, which aren't nearly as good. The next best...more...]]> 42710 0676979114 9780676979114 229 58 3.74 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42710.The_Deportees_and_other_stories 4 1 false Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 18:21:32 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 14:58:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1392168 0670018457 9780670018451 42 18 3.74 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1392168.The_Deportees_and_Other_Stories 4 1 false Fri Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 22:47:53 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 10:12:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1392168 0670018457 9780670018451 42 18 3.74 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1392168.The_Deportees_and_Other_Stories 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:53:31 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:53:31 -0800 2009 Roddy Doyle, celebrated chronicler of the Irish working class and winner of the 1993 Man Booker Prize (Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha), turns his attention to the immigrant experience in his first collection of short stories. The stories collected here first appeared in 800-word installments in the Dublin we...

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Like the immigrants and the sons and daughters of such people in Ireland in the book, they are apprised of this slang, now.

Also, like the illegal immigrant in the story I Understand I might even say ‘fuck that’, as he does when his bus goes pas...more...]]> 42710 0676979114 9780676979114 229 58 3.74 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42710.The_Deportees_and_other_stories 5 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 09:00:07 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 09:04:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3422893 0143114883 9780143114888 14 7 3.74 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3422893.The_Deportees_and_Other_Stories 0 0 false Tue Oct 14 11:31:06 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 11:32:08 -0700 2008 by Roddy Doyle

Ireland has changed.

The Ireland that for so many years forced its native population to leave has in recent times, seen a booming economy, so people struggling in other parts of the world are flocking to this new ...more...]]> 42710 0676979114 9780676979114 229 58 3.74 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42710.The_Deportees_and_other_stories 4 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 10:40:54 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 11:00:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 42710 0676979114 9780676979114 229 58 3.74 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42710.The_Deportees_and_other_stories 4 0 false Sun May 11 13:11:35 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 13:21:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 42710 0676979114 9780676979114 229 58 3.74 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42710.The_Deportees_and_other_stories 5 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 12 17:14:28 -0800 2008 Tue Jun 03 07:31:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 42710 0676979114 9780676979114 229 58 3.74 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42710.The_Deportees_and_other_stories 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 11:55:44 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 15:53:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 42710 0676979114 9780676979114 229 58 3.74 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42710.The_Deportees_and_other_stories 4 0 false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 14:50:33 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 19:41:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3422893 0143114883 9780143114888 14 7 3.74 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3422893.The_Deportees_and_Other_Stories 3 0 false Tue Jan 06 11:14:02 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 11:20:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 42710 0676979114 9780676979114 229 58 3.74 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42710.The_Deportees_and_other_stories 5 0 false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 16:27:42 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 19:28:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 42710 0676979114 9780676979114 229 58 3.74 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42710.The_Deportees_and_other_stories 5 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 04 13:52:55 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 02 19:19:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2264724