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Roddy Doyle
raining on the parade
By McCarthy, Dermot
- ISBN
- 978-1-90414-825-8
- Publisher
- Dublin : Liffey, 2003.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2004
Much of Doyle's short fiction since the start of the millennium seems preoccupied with issues of ethnicity, race, and identity. In "Guess Who's Coming for the Dinner?," for example, an Irish father tries to confront his prejudices after he mistakenly assumes that his daughter is planning on marrying the Nigerian refugee she has invited to share a family meal. While this subject matter may seem like something of a departure for Doyle-especially to those critics who saw the s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
