Roddy Doyle: ‘I’ve written a book without hope. The temptation to write a different ending is strong.’
Doyle's acclaimed new novel, Smile, concerns itself with the difficulty of escaping the past – something the author knows a thing or two about himself
Roddy Doyle remembers the moment with precision. He was just 13 years old, an impish student from Kilbarrack in Dublin jostling with the others in his classroom to be part of the gang, to be accepted. Then, from the top of the room, came the remark that would strike fear in him and haunt him for years.
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