Killoyle
An Irish Farce
Will be published approx. on 30. July 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-62897-649-6 (ISBN)
Description
Roger Boylan is a booze-soaked humorist in the tradition of James Joyce, Flann O'Brien, and Samuel Beckett.
Roger Boylan's first novel is about the inhabitants of the Irish town of Killoyle: Milo Rogers, a headwaiter and would-be poet with a bit of a drinking problem and a bit of a sexual one; Kathy Hickman, a writer for the woman's fashion magazine?Glam andformer pin-up girl; Wolfetone Grey, who reads books only by or about God, and who also makes anonymous phone calls throughout the town in order to make people believe, among other things, that they have just won the lottery; and a host of other peculiar folks, all tortured by problems with God, sex, Ireland, and the drink. Accompanying all of this are hundreds of acerbic, hilarious footnotes from a nameless figure who rudely comments upon the characters and events.
Roger Boylan's first novel is about the inhabitants of the Irish town of Killoyle: Milo Rogers, a headwaiter and would-be poet with a bit of a drinking problem and a bit of a sexual one; Kathy Hickman, a writer for the woman's fashion magazine?Glam andformer pin-up girl; Wolfetone Grey, who reads books only by or about God, and who also makes anonymous phone calls throughout the town in order to make people believe, among other things, that they have just won the lottery; and a host of other peculiar folks, all tortured by problems with God, sex, Ireland, and the drink. Accompanying all of this are hundreds of acerbic, hilarious footnotes from a nameless figure who rudely comments upon the characters and events.
Reviews / Votes
"A virtuoso performance." -Publishers Weekly"One of the most impressive novels written by an American in recent years." -The Austin Chronicle
"Not since A Confederacy of Dunces has a book been this hilarious to read aloud." -The Evergreen Review
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Normal, IL
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62897-649-6 (9781628976496)
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Person
Roger Boylan?is an American writer who was raised in Ireland, France, and Switzerland and attended the University of Ulster and the University of Edinburgh. His novel?Killoyle?was published in 1997 by Dalkey Archive Press.?Killoyle?became the first book in the "Killoyle trilogy," followed by?The Great Pint-Pulling Olympiad?in 2003 and?The Maladjusted Terrorist?in 2006. In 2011, Boylan published a memoir,?Run Like Blazes,?and followed it in 2012 with his magnum opus,?The Adorations,?also available from Dalkey Archive Press. Boylan is a regular contributor to the?Boston Review's?New Fiction Forum, and his writing has appeared in?The?New York Times?and?The?Economist.?He currently lives in Texas.