Deportees

<b>Stories that take a new slant on the immigrant experience from the Booker Prize-winning author of <i>Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha</i></b> <p/>Roddy Doyle has earned a devoted following amongst those who appreciate his sly humor acute ear for dialogue and deeply human portraits of contemporary Ireland. <i>The Deportees</i> is Doyle's first-ever collection of short stories and each tale describes the cultural collision-often funny and always poignant-between a native and someone new to the fast-changing country. From a nine-year- old African boy's first day at school to a man who's devised a test for Irishnessto the return of <i>The Commitments</i>'s Jimmy Rabbitte and the debut of his new multicultural band Doyle offers his signature take on the immigrant experience in a volume reminiscent of his beloved early novels.