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2020 novel by Roddy Doyle For the 1971 novel by Angela Carter, see Love (Carter novel). For the 2003 novel by Toni Morrison, see Love (Morrison novel).

*Love*
First edition
Author	Roddy Doyle
Genre	Fiction
Publisher	Jonathan Cape
Publication date	21 May 2020
Pages	336 pages
ISBN	978-1984880451

Love is a 2020 novel by Irish author Roddy Doyle. The novel takes place in Dublin, mostly in a pub, and concerns two friends, Joe and Davy, who have reconnected for a night of drinking.

Publication

Publication of the novel in Doyle's native Ireland was pushed from June 2020 to October.

Reception

According to literary review aggregator Book Marks, the novel received mostly "Positive" reviews.

Kirkus Reviews gave the novel a negative review, writing that "By the time the novel belatedly reaches the big reveal, the reader has passed the point of caring."

References

Rosenblatt, Roger (22 June 2020). "The Language of Friendship, as Heard in a Dublin Pub". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
Khatib, Joumana (13 May 2020). "4 Writers to Watch This Summer". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
"Love". Book Marks. Literary Hub. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
"Love". Kirkus Reviews. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

Roddy Doyle

Novels

Barrytown	The Commitments (1987) The Snapper (1990) The Van (1991) Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993) The Guts (2013)
Paula Spencer	The Woman Who Walked into Doors (1996) Paula Spencer (2006) The Women Behind The Door (2024)
The Last Roundup	A Star Called Henry (1999) Oh, Play That Thing (2004) The Dead Republic (2010)
Other	Smile (2017) Charlie Savage (2019) Love (2020)

Films

The Commitments (1991)
The Snapper (1993)
The Van (1996)
When Brendan Met Trudy (2000)
New Boy (2008)

Television

Family (1994)

Theatre

The Playboy of the Western World (2007)
The Commitments (2013)

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