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Ten years on from The Woman Who Walked into Doors, Booker Prize-winning author, Roddy Doyle, returns to one of his greatest characters, Paula Spencer.

Paula Spencer is turning forty-eight, and hasn’t had a drink for four months and five days.



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[A] marvellous novel -- Carmen Callil * Financial Times *
Roddy Doyle has done the impossible - he has made Paula Spencer even more unforgettable the second time round * The Times *
[A] magnificent achievement * Guardian *
Doyle has created a little masterwork, a gem of persuasive realism -- Tom Adair * Scotland on Sunday *
An intoxicating sequel...a phenomenally rewarding read -- Euan Ferguson * Observer *

Paula Spencer

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/07/2007
      ISBN13: 9780099501374, 978-0099501374
      ISBN10: 0099501376
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Ten years on from The Woman Who Walked into Doors, Booker Prize-winning author, Roddy Doyle, returns to one of his greatest characters, Paula Spencer.

      Paula Spencer is turning forty-eight, and hasn’t had a drink for four months and five days.



      Trade Review
      [A] marvellous novel -- Carmen Callil * Financial Times *
      Roddy Doyle has done the impossible - he has made Paula Spencer even more unforgettable the second time round * The Times *
      [A] magnificent achievement * Guardian *
      Doyle has created a little masterwork, a gem of persuasive realism -- Tom Adair * Scotland on Sunday *
      An intoxicating sequel...a phenomenally rewarding read -- Euan Ferguson * Observer *

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