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 ofKilloyle: 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 magazineGlamandformer pin-up girl;WolfetoneGrey, 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.
About the Author :
Roger Boylanis an American writer who was raised in Ireland, France, and Switzerland and attended the University of Ulster and the University of Edinburgh. His novelKilloylewas published in 1997 by Dalkey Archive Press.Killoylebecame the first book in the "Killoyle trilogy," followed byThe Great Pint-Pulling Olympiadin 2003 andThe Maladjusted Terroristin 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 theBoston Review'sNew Fiction Forum, and his writing has appeared inTheNew York TimesandTheEconomist.He currently lives in Texas.
Review :
“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
