The Deportees and Other Stories

The Deportees and Other Stories

First edition (UK)
Author Roddy Doyle
Cover artist Marcus Lyon (photo)
Stephen Parker (design)
Country Ireland
Language English
Genre Short stories
Publisher Jonathan Cape (UK)
Viking (US)
Knopf Canada
Publication date
2007
Media type Print & eBook
Pages 242
ISBN 0-224-08061-X

The Deportees and Other Stories is the first short story collection[1] by Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle first published by Jonathan Cape in 2007.[2] All the stories were written for Metro Éireann, a multicultural paper aimed at Ireland's immigrant population and explore their experiences. The stories were written in 800 word chapters and published monthly; as Doyle explains in the foreword to the book :-

"The stories have never been carefully planned. I send off a chapter to the Metro Eireann editor Chinedu Onyejelem, and, often, I haven't a clue what's going to happen next, And I don't care too much, until the deadline begin's to tap me on the shoulder. It's a fresh, small terror, once a month. I live a very quiet life; I love that monthly terror."

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