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Open Book: 11/04/2010

11/04/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, 11/04/2010

Mariella Frostrup talks to the Irish novelist Roddy Doyle about his life and career.

Mariella Frostrup visits Dublin to talk to Roddy Doyle, winner of the 1993 Booker Prize, about The Dead Republic, the last instalment of a trilogy about modern Irish history.

Mariella Frostrup visits Dublin for an in-depth conversation with Roddy Doyle, winner of the 1993 Booker Prize. His latest novel The Dead Republic completes a historical trilogy telling the story of Henry Smart, a former IRA member forced to leave Ireland and flee to America. Doyle talks about his approach to twentieth-century Irish history, and takes Mariella to the GPO, scene of the 1916 Easter Uprising, to explain how this bloody stand-off left its mark on his work.

Producer: Thomas Morris.

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