Two Pints

Two men meet for a pint in a Dublin pub. They chew the fat, set the world to rights, take the piss. They talk about their wives, their kids, their kids´ pets, their football teams and - this being Ireland in 2011-12 - about the euro, the crash, the presidential election, the Queen´s visit. But these men are not parochial or small-minded; one of them knows where to find the missing Colonel Gaddafi (he´s working as a cleaner at Dublin Airport); they worry about Greek debt, the IMF and the bondholders ( whatever they might be); in their fashion, they mourn the deaths of Whitney Houston, Donna Summer, Davy Jones and Robin Gibb; and they ask each other the really important questions like ´Would you ever let yourself be digitally enhanced?´ Inspired by a year´s worth of news, "Two Pints" distils the essence of Roddy Doyle´s comic genius. This book shares the concision of a collection of poems, and the timing of a virtuoso comedian...