Roddy Doyle

I'll be in conversation with Roddy Doyle at the Pavilion Theatre in Dun Laoghaire tomorrow night (Thursday, April 15) to mark the publication of his wonderful new novel, The Dead Republic, Volume Three of The Last Roundup. Although it doesn't deal directly with the economic catastrophe currently assailing Ireland, the title of Roddy's book could not be more topical. And there's lots about John Ford and the (putative) genesis of The Quiet Man, so what's not to like?