Roger Boylan (born 1951) is an American

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who was raised in

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, and

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. 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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'' 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 Harry Rowohlt. 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.'' Olympiad Press, July 2012.

, January 2020. *''Run Like Blazes.'' Duvel Press, June 2011.

References

External links

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

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