Meet Charlie Savage. Charlie is a middle-aged Dubliner with an indefatigable wife, an exasperated daughter, a drinking buddy who's realised that he's been a woman all along ... Compiled here for the first time is a whole year's worth of Roddy Doyle's hilarious series for the Irish Independent.
Meet Charlie Savage.
Charlie is a middle-aged Dubliner with an indefatigable wife, an exasperated daughter, a drinking buddy who's realised that he's been a woman all along ...
Compiled here for the first time is a whole year's worth of Roddy Doyle's hilarious series for the Irish Independent. Giving a unique voice to the everyday, he draws a portrait of a man - funny, loyal, somewhat bewildered - trying to keep pace with the modern world (if his knees don't give out first).
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC WRITING 2019
'A delight from start to finish' Irish Mail on Sunday
A delight from start to finish. Max Davidson Mail on Sunday
Nominiert: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, 2019
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.
Über den Autor
Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of eleven 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.
Klappentext
The struggles and observations of middle-aged Dublin man Charlie Savage, as enjoyed in serial form by readers of the "Irish Independent", come together in one volume here. Also features Savage's long-suffering wife, modern-thinking daughter and drinking partner questioning their own gender identity.
