Two Pints
Two men meet for a pint in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights, take the piss... They talk about their wives, their kids, their kids’ pets, their football teams and — this being Ireland in 2011 — 12 — about the euro, the crash, the presidential election, the Queen’s visit. But these men are not parochial or small-minded; one of them knows where to find the missing Colonel Gaddafi (he’s working as a cleaner at Dublin Airport); they worry about Greek debt, the IMF and the bondholders ( whatever they might be); in their fashion, they mourn the deaths of Whitney Houston, Donna Summer, Davy Jones and Robin Gibb; and they ask each other the really important questions like ‘Would you ever let yourself be digitally enhanced?’
Inspired by a year’s worth of news, Two Pints distils the essence of Roddy Doyle’s comic genius. This book shares the concision of a collection of poems, and the timing of a virtuoso comedian.
- Author
- Roddy Doyle
- Format
- hardcover
- Pages
- 96
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 978-0-224-09781-9
- EAN
- 9780224097819
- Genres
- fiction, humor, ireland, novels, comics, comedy
- Release date
- 2012
- Search 9780224097819 on Amazon
- Search 9780224097819 on Goodreads