Roger Boylan is an American

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(b. 1951) who was raised in

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, and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. His Irish novel ''Killoyle, ''called "a virtuoso performance" by ''

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'', is published by

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. His second Irish novel, ''The Great Pint-Pulling Olympiad'', is published by

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; the ''

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'' said it resembled the work of James Joyce "at his comically prolix best." Both novels were translated into German by the award-winning German translator and author

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. The third volume in the Killoyle trilogy, ''The Maladjusted Terrorist'', was published in German in 2007, and the entire Killoyle trilogy was reissued as a boxed set that year by the Swiss publisher Kein und Aber. ''Killoyle'' was published in Italian translation in 2013 by Edizioni Nutrimenti, Rome. The translator was Mirko Zilahi de Gyurgokai. The Irish novels were followed by a European one, ''The Adorations'', which deals satirically with historical and religious themes, including Nazism, the Occupation of France, and mystical visions. It was published in 2012 as an e-book in English under the Olympiad Press imprint, and in print form by Dalkey Archive Press in January 2020. "''The Adorations'' is Boylan's magnum opus," says one review, "moving like a fugue through the history of 20th-Century Europe." Boylan's latest novel is ''Ohiowa Impromptu'', a ''Killoyle''-like footnoted satire set in New Ur, an imaginary university town in Ohiowa, an imaginary Midwestern state. It is forthcoming. Boylan is a regular contributor to

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's New Fiction Forum, and his stories, reviews, and articles have appeared in many journals and reviews, including

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and

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. He has recently completed a memoir, ''Run Like Blazes.'' He currently lives in

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. Boylan is married and has a daughter, Margaret Boylan.

Works

''Killoyle, An Irish Farce'',

, May 1997.
''The Great Pint-Pulling Olympiad'',

, October 2003.
''Killoyle, Eine Irische Farce''. Translated by Harry Rowohlt. Published by Rogner und Bernhard, Hamburg, 1999.
''Rückkehr nach Killoyle'' : ''Eine Vorwiegend Irische Farce''. Translated by Harry Rowohlt. Rogner und Bernhard, Hamburg, 2002.
''The Maladjusted Terrorist.'' Forthcoming in English.
''Killoyle Wein und Käse.'' Translated by Harry Rowohlt. Rogner und Bernhard, Berlin, 2006.
''The Adorations.''

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, July 2012.

, January 2020.
''Run Like Blazes.''

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, June 2011.

References

External links

Review of ''Killoyle'' by Harvey Pekar
Austin Chronicle, Vol. 17, No. 8.
Review of ''Killoyle''
Publishers Weekly.

The Village Voice. {{DEFAULTSORT:Boylan, Roger 1951 births Living people American male writers Alumni of the University of Edinburgh International School of Geneva alumni