Love

Paperback Published on: 15/10/2020
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Synopsis

One summer's evening, two men meet up in a Dublin restaurant.

Old friends, now married and with grown-up children, their lives have taken seemingly similar paths. But Joe has a secret he has to tell Davy, and Davy, a grief he wants to keep from Joe. Both are not the men they used to be.

Neither Davy nor Joe know what the night has in store, but as two pints turns to three, then five, and the men set out to revisit the haunts of their youth, the ghosts of Dublin entwine around them. Their first buoyant forays into adulthood, the pubs, the parties, broken hearts and bungled affairs, as well as the memories of what eventually drove them apart.

As the two friends try to reconcile their versions of the past over the course of one night, Love offers up a delightfully comic, yet moving portrait of the many forms love can take throughout our lives.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781787332287
  • Number of pages: 336
  • Dimensions: 240 x 162 x 162 mm
  • Weight: 555g

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Love
Disappointing
As a fan of previous fiction by Roddy Doyle I was expecting Love to be full of the humour and sharp wit that is his trademark. Without a doubt this book ha... READ MORE
Rob
Love
In need of a spark
There is an archetypal story in Irish literature of the returning son who has to deal with the associations and obligations of the past. Here, Davy goes ba... READ MORE
Mark Jefferies
Love
Roddy Doyle – Love
A summer evening, two old friends meeting in a Dublin restaurant. They haven’t seen each other for quite some time, Joe still lives in Ireland, David and h... READ MORE
miss.mesmerized
Love
Love
Well, this was unlike any book I have read before. Joe and Davy meet in a pub and talk, and talk, and drink, and talk some more, and have another drink. Du... READ MORE
Ashrae
Love
Two men walk into a bar....
'There is a reason why men don't talk about their feelings. It's not just that it's difficult, or embarrassing. It's almost impossible. The words aren't re... READ MORE
Alan M
Love
Not for me
I tried this but i just didn't connect with this in the end. It had such promise but it wasn't for me. I liked the original idea but the way it was written... READ MORE
beth younge
Love
A stunning analysis of love and what it means to men!
This is a great book. At one level, two old school friends who now see each other rarely, go out for a meal in Dublin on a sunny evening in May and end up ... READ MORE
Jim Sweetman
Love
another good read from this best selling author
Roddy Doyle’s Love is about the word in the title. Davy is back in Dublin having moved to London when he married. He and Joe, a friend from his youth, meet... READ MORE
@SezzThomas
Love
Brilliant read
This was my first Roddy Doyle and it won’t be the last! Such fantastic writing . The synopsis may appear a bit dull to some , two men sat in a pub reminis... READ MORE
Zoe Woodend
Love
Two old men in a pub
A wise man once told me that you'll never meet anybody worth knowing in a pub and that thought echoed in my mind as I attempted to drag myself through Rodd... READ MORE
Barbara L