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Essay heading: Roddy Doyle
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Later in the 80's, approximately 1986, he published the first successful novel of his writing career. The name of it was The Commitments, which, with the help of a friend, he published himself under the "King Farouk" imprint, and sold himself. One copy of his book landed at William Heinemann, a London-based publishing house...
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Heinemann enjoyed the book so much he decided to publish it himself in 1987. Two years later, Random House published the book in the United States. This was Doyle's big start. After his success he wrote two more novels, The Snapper, and The Van. The Van was such a well written novel that it was a finalist for the 1991 Booker Prize Award...
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