Dead Man Talking by Roddy Doyle
My rating: 0 of 5 stars
I found this one in the Dalkey library as part of Vintage’s new Quick Reads program to introduce you to new writers… knowing I’d get some good dialogue, at least. And that I did… Doyle’s been on fire with his Facebook friends series and his ear of speech is shown off in this little story. It was an entertaining hour or two read, anyway, if the story wasn’t particularly deep or anything. Each time the story is told he paints on another layer of understanding, but I’m not so sure the suspense built up exactly the way he’d hoped.