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1.		Paula Spencer from Vintage Price: £5.99 Customer Review: Having first encountered Paula Spencer in 'The Woman who Walked into Doors', I was eagerly looking forward to renewing my acquaintance with her in this book. However, I was disappointed by the novel. It was good to witness (on her terms) her struggle to establish a new alcohol-free foundation for... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

2.		The Woman Who Walked into Doors from Vintage Price: £5.99 Customer Review: I have not read any other Roddy Doyle. I tried to read Paddy Clarke Ha Ha but couldn't. But this book stayed with me in a way that not many do. I have never before read a book written by a man where he writes as a woman character in the first person... and what is so profoundly good about this is... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

3.		Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha from Vintage Price: £4.64 Customer Review: Written from a ten-year-old's perspective, this book will remind anyone of the fun, the pains and the misunderstandings of growing up. The star of the book is constantly asking "why", but gets no answers to find out what makes these strange adults behave as they do. Set in poorest Dublin, the adult... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

4.		The Barrytown Trilogy: "The Commitments", "The Snapper" and "The Van" from Vintage Price: £9.09 Customer Review: This is one of the most amazing pieces of literature I have read. Doyle's talent to create character led narratives knows no end; if you are looking for an insight into life in a somewhat gritty Dublin, then look no further than The Barrytown Trilogy. By reading the trilogy, you really feel like you... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

5.		Rory and Ita from Vintage Price: £6.39 Customer Review: Rory and Ita Doyle seem like very, very nice people. As you read this book you can picture them chatting happily, reminiscing on the good and not-so-good times, pouring cups of tea and being generally pleasant people. But that's all that can be said about this book in all honesty. If, like me,... more info	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

6.		Not Just for Christmas (Open Door) from New Island Books Price: £4.74 Customer Review: `Not Just for Christmas' is a novella written by Roddy Doyle for the Open Door education series of books. As a ninety page written to order story by rights it should be rubbish but unfortunately it is absolutely fantastic. Written as a piece of nostalgia the story concerns Danny Murphy going to... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

7.		Michael Collins [1996] from Warner Home Video Price: £3.97 Customer Review: This film is APPALLING. I have to admit i am writing a review but i could not stomach watching the film right to the very end (i watched at least 3\4 of it), i gave it a chance but in the end i had to turn it off. It made me want to vomit. I second the oppinion by some commentators on here that if... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

8.		The Van from Vintage Price: £5.99 Customer Review: When Jimmy Rabbitte's best friend Bimbo is made "redundant" at the Dublin company where he has worked for many years, he is devastated. Jimmy, who is also unemployed, offers a shoulder for Bimbo to cry on, and both agree that they will not work at McDonald's, no matter what. When Bimbo finds a... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

9.		Angela's Ashes [2000] from 4 Front Video Price: £3.98 Customer Review: If you like watching films that are true story films (eg. great escape, calender girls etc..) then you'll find this amazing. The story of Frank McCourt's childhood upbringing in Irish poverty. Its quite astonishing all the things he did and had to go through and you're kept watching as... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

10.		Wilderness from Scholastic Price: £3.59 Customer Review: The last reviewer said that this had school reading list written all over it. Well I guess I'm about to prove his point. I'm a secondary English teacher and this was left at our school by a Heinemann rep. Seeing as I was the only one who seemed vaguely interested in this book I took it home.more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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