Smile (2017 Roddy Doyle Novel)
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''Smile'' is a
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novel by Irish author Roddy Doyle.


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Reception

'' The New Statesman'' said "Smile is a Trojan Horse. The tale of how a man got on with his life after an abusive childhood, in part by laughing at it, is a disguise: Doyle’s tactic is to puncture the comedy of Irish storytelling and show that it can camouflage horrific histories. Doyle is one of the best writers of dialogue we have, using it with humour and drama."


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2017 Irish novels Novels by Roddy Doyle Jonathan Cape books {{2010s-novel-stub