Rob Doyle is an Irish author. He has published two novels, a collection of short stories and a book of

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, and he is the editor of two

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. His 2014 novel ''Here Are the Young Men'' was adapted into a 2020 film of the same name. His writing has appeared in ''

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'', '' The Dublin Review'', and many other publications.

Early life

Doyle was born in

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, where his father and mother worked in the post office until their retirement. He studied Philosophy and Psychoanalytic Studies at

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. After completing his education, Doyle left Ireland to travel and live abroad for a number of years, with periods in

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and

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. Throughout his twenties he made a living as an English language teacher and philosophy tutor. After quitting his teaching work to devote himself full-time to writing, he lived for periods in

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, Dublin, and

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Career

Doyle wrote his

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, ''Here Are the Young Men'', while living in London. It was published in 2014 by Lilliput Press and Bloomsbury. It was shortlisted for the Newcomer of the Year at the

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, and was included in ''

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'' magazine’s "20 Greatest Irish Novels 1916–2016". A film adaptation directed by

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and starring

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, Finn Cole and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo was released in 2020. ''This Is the Ritual'', a collection of short fiction, was published in 2016 by Bloomsbury and Lilliput Press, and was a book of the year in the ''New Statesman'' and ''Sunday Times''. ''Threshold'', a work which contains elements of memoir, fiction, and travel-writing, was published by Bloomsbury in 2020. It was described in the ''TLS'' as ‘Riddling, irreverent, fearless… His best book so far’, by ''

'' as ‘game and gleefully provocative’, and by Ryan Chapman in ''Inside Hook'' as ‘the great drug novel of our time’. ''Threshold'' was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award 2021. In 2021 Doyle’s first nonfiction book ''Autobibliography'' was published by Swift Press. The book evolved from a weekly column Doyle wrote in ''

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'' throughout 2019 on rereading 52 of the books that had influenced him. Doyle edited the

''The Other Irish Tradition'' (2017,

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) and ''In This Skull Hotel Where I Never Sleep'' (2018, Broken Dimanche Press). Doyle played the lead role – "the Hitcher" – in the feature film ''Hit the North'', directed by Daniel Sayer.

Books

* — (2014). ''Here Are the Young Men''. Bloomsbury / Lilliput Press. * — (2016). ''This Is the Ritual''. Bloomsbury / Lilliput Press. * — (2020). ''Threshold''. Bloomsbury. * — (2021). ''Autobibliography''. Swift Press.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Doyle, Rob 1982 births Living people 21st-century Irish short story writers Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Writers from Dublin (city) 21st-century Irish male writers 21st-century Irish novelists Irish male non-fiction writers 21st-century Irish non-fiction writers Irish male short story writers