Rob Doyle in conversation with Olaf Tyaransen

Books Upstairs and The Lilliput Press are proud to announce an evening with Rob Doyle. Journalist Olaf Tyaransen will interview the controversial author about his divisive new collection of short stories, This Is The Ritual, hailed by the Sunday Independent as "a masterstroke in experimental short fiction brimming with ideas, vulgarity and intelligence". The discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.

A free glass of wine is included in the ticket price and ticket holders can claim €5 off the price of the beautiful Lilliput edition of the book.

PRAISE FOR THIS IS THE RITUAL

Doyle’s fiction deals with life’s major themes: sex, death, guilt, shame, the meaning of existence. A collection so palpably saturated in the fervour of brooding iconoclasm … Doyle’s storytelling is compelling and engaging, suffused with wit, honesty and emotional intelligence.
- The Irish Times

Sets up a metafictional diving board and leaps from it with misanthropic glee … Magnetically effective.
- The Guardian

I'm tempted to quote Nietzsche back at Rob Doyle: he's not a writer - he is dynamite! Except - like Nietzsche - he's a tremendous writer too. And I have a suspicion that the author of this provocative and thrilling colleciton is going to get even better.
- Geoff Dyer