Oh Play That Thing

Roddy Doyle is an internationally bestselling writer. His first three novels-The Commitments, The Snapper, and 1991 Booker Prize finalist The Van-are known as The Barrytown Trilogy. He is also the author of the novels Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993 Booker Prize winner), The Woman Who Walked into Doors, and A Star Called Henry, and a nonfiction book about his parents, Rory and Ita. Doyle has also written for the stage and the screen: the plays Brownbread, War, Guess Who's Coming for the Dinner, and The Woman Who Walked into Doors; the film adaptations of The Commitments (as cowriter), The Snapper, and The Van; When Brendan Met Trudy (an original screenplay); the four-part television series Family for the BBC; and the television play Hell for Leather. Roddy Doyle has also written the children's books The Giggler Treatment, Rover Saves Christmas, and The Meanwhile Adventures and contributed to a variety of publications including The New Yorker magazine and several anthologies. He lives in Dublin.Doyle, Roddy is the author of 'Oh Play That Thing', published 2004 under ISBN 9780670033614 and ISBN 0670033618.