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Author:

Doyle, Roddy, 1958-

Title:

The deportees and other stories / Roddy Doyle.

Publisher:

Viking,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xiii, 242 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Ireland--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Short stories.

Contents:

Guess who's coming for the dinner -- The deportees -- New boy -- 57% Irish -- Black hoodie -- The pram -- Home to Harlem -- I understand.

Summary:

Depicts the immigrant experience in contemporary Ireland as reflected in the stories of a father who confronts his prejudices when his daughter brings home a black man, an African boy's first day in a new school, and a nanny who plots against her charge's older sisters.

ISBN:

0670018457
9780670018451

LCCN:

2007017659

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)