Roddy Doyle

Roddy Doyle's novels include The Commitments, the Booker Prize-winning Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, The Van (a Booker Prize finalist), and The Guts. He lives in Dublin. From his Q & A with Allen Barra for The Daily Beast:The Commitments was published, or rather self-published, by you in 1987. Why did you wait 27 years to check in on Jimmy Rabbitte? Actually I went back to Jimmy in 2001 in The