by Roddy Doyle · Jonathan Cape · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780224102216
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«Dead Man Talking» is Roddy Doyle's novel of humour and ghosts, published by Jonathan Cape in paperback (112 pages, in English).
Pat was Joe Murphy's best friend since childhood, but a row drove them apart for years. On the eve of Joe's funeral, Pat faces an impossible situation: Joe is dead and yet seems ready to talk. A short, brisk, funny story with a chilling edge.
Roddy Doyle's first novel for the Quick Reads programme; published on 5 February 2015.
Aimed at adults who are new to reading or prefer short stories, within a literacy support programme.
Roderick Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
