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Paula Spencer
Roddy Doyle
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Description for Paula Spencer
Paperback. Paula Spencer begins on the eve of Paula's forty-eighth birthday. She hasn't had a drink for four months and five days. Her youngest children, Jack and Leanne, are still living with her. They're grand kids, but she worries about Leanne. Paula still works as a cleaner. This work shows the inner life of this battered house-cleaner. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 206.
Ten years on from The Woman Who Walked into Doors, Booker Prize-winning author, Roddy Doyle, returns to one of his greatest characters, Paula Spencer.
Paula Spencer is turning forty-eight, and hasn’t had a drink for four months and five days. Her youngest children, Jack and Leanne, are still living with her. They're grand kids, but she worries about Leanne.
Paula still works as a cleaner, but all the others doing the job seem to come from Eastern Europe. You can get a cappuccino in the café and the checkout girls are all Nigerian. Ireland is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099501374
SKU
V9780099501374
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-41
About Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of twelve acclaimed novels including The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van and Smile, two collections of short stories, and Rory & Ita, a memoir about his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
Reviews for Paula Spencer
[A] marvellous novel
Carmen Callil
Financial Times
Roddy Doyle has done the impossible - he has made Paula Spencer even more unforgettable the second time round
The Times
[A] magnificent achievement
Guardian
Doyle has created a little masterwork, a gem of persuasive realism
Tom Adair
Scotland on Sunday
An intoxicating ... Read more
Carmen Callil
Financial Times
Roddy Doyle has done the impossible - he has made Paula Spencer even more unforgettable the second time round
The Times
[A] magnificent achievement
Guardian
Doyle has created a little masterwork, a gem of persuasive realism
Tom Adair
Scotland on Sunday
An intoxicating ... Read more