Books that actually stuck

Declan Fitzharris

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Not a syllabus, not a bestseller shelf, just the ones I kept banging on about down the Cobblestone. Facilities manager by trade, armchair critic by pint number three. Picked these up mostly in Chapters or the second-hand boxes outside shops on the quays. No fantasy sagas, no self-help lads telling me to wake up at five. Just books that earned their keep on the shelf in Stoneybatter.

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Name	Comment	Title	Author	Where I Read It
1Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha	Won him the Booker and fair enough. Made me miss being a young fella causing havoc.	Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha	Roddy Doyle	Kitchen table, rain outside
2The Commitments	Dublin as it actually sounds, not the postcard version. Deadly dialogue, no padding.	The Commitments	Roddy Doyle	On the 37 bus, more than once
3A Star Called Henry	Big sprawling thing, Easter Rising and all. Took me two weeks, worth every page.	A Star Called Henry	Roddy Doyle	Lunch breaks, work site