Love
First edition
AuthorRoddy Doyle
GenreFiction
PublisherJonathan Cape
Publication date
21 May 2020
Pages336 pages
ISBN978-1984880451

Love is a 2020 novel by Irish author Roddy Doyle. The novel takes place in Dublin, mostly in a pub, and concerns two friends, Joe and Davy, who have reconnected for a night of drinking.[1]

Publication

Publication of the novel in Doyle's native Ireland was pushed from June 2020 to October.[2]

Reception

According to literary review aggregator Book Marks, the novel received mostly "Positive" reviews.[3]

Kirkus Reviews gave the novel a negative review, writing that "By the time the novel belatedly reaches the big reveal, the reader has passed the point of caring."[4]

References

  1. ^ Rosenblatt, Roger (22 June 2020). "The Language of Friendship, as Heard in a Dublin Pub". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. ^ Khatib, Joumana (13 May 2020). "4 Writers to Watch This Summer". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Love". Book Marks. Literary Hub. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Love". Kirkus Reviews. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.


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