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The Deportees and other stories - A flavour of Ireland

My earliest Irish encounter was "An Irish Airman Forsees His Death" by W B Yeats, and the swashbuckling adventure Moby Dick by Herman Melville.  Ever since I have held a rosy view of Ireland.  Then the 80s brought to light the Irish independence struggle. My viewpoint changed a little.  My next interaction of Ireland was through my friend David Airey. I had a viewpoint shift.  But through the works of Roddy Doyle, I have had a whole new understanding of Ireland, and its emerging culture. In the book, The Deportees and Other Stories, Doyle leads us through a journey of stories laced with  'Spuds', reactions to 'Riverdance' and 'Danny Boy' and are interspersed with flavors of modern day Ireland.  In his collection of short stories, Doyle has caught the little nuances