Aithníonn an Fhuil a Chéile

Tá Danny Ó Murchú ag dul le bualadh lena dheartháir Jimmy. Ní fhaca siad a chéile le níos mó ná fiche bliain. Ar an mbealach chuig an gcruinniú, is cuimhin le Danny na tréimhsí maithe agus na drochthréimhsí, an spraoi agus na troideanna – agus an t-achrann mór amháin a scar iad. An dtroidfidh siad arís nó an mbeidh siad ina gcairde mar ba ghnáth leo a bheith? Níl a fhios ag Danny.

Danny Murphy is going to meet his brother, Jimmy. They haven't seen each other in over twenty years. On the way to the meeting, Danny remembers the good times and the bad times, the fun and the fights - and the one big row that drove them apart. Will they fight again or will they become the friends they used to be? Danny doesn't know.



Tá dhá úrscéal déag scríofa ag Roddy Doyle, ina measc, THE COMMITMENTS, THE SNAPPER, PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA, bhuaigh an ceann deiridh sin Duais Booker in 1993; THE WOMAN WHO WALKED INTO DOORS, agus, an ceann is déanaí, LOVE. Tá leabhair eile scríofa aige freisin, trí bhailiúchán gearrscéalta, ocht leabhar le haghaidh páistí, an tsraith TWO PINTS, agus cuimhní cinn a thuismitheoirí, RORY AND ITA. Scríobh sé THE SECOND HALF in éineacht le Roy Keane, agus KELLIE in éineacht le Kellie Harrington. Is bailiúchán scéalta é an leabhar is déanaí uaidh, LIFE WITHOUT CHILDREN.

Is comhbhunaitheoir Fighting Words é, a cuireadh ar bun chun páistí agus daoine óga ar fud na hÉireann a spreagadh agus cabhrú leo scríobh go cruthaitheach. Tá cónaí air i mBaile Átha Cliath.

 

Roddy Doyle is the author of twelve novels, including the THE COMMITMENTS, THE SNAPPER, PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA, for which he won the Booker Prize in 1993; THE WOMAN WHO WALKED INTO DOORS, and, most recently, LOVE.  He has also written three collections of short stories, eight books for children, the TWO PINTS series, and memoir of his parents, RORY AND ITA.  He co-wrote THE SECOND HALF, with Roy Keane, and KELLIE, with Kellie Harrington.  His most recent book is a story collection, LIFE WITHOUT CHILDREN.

He is a co-founder of Fighting Words, which was set up to help and encourage children and young people throughout Ireland to write creatively.  He lives in Dublin.