Roger Boylan

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Roger Boylan is an American writer (b. 1951) who was raised in Ireland, France, and Switzerland. Boylan attended the University of Ulster and the University of Edinburgh. His novel Killoyle was published in 1997 by Dalkey Archive Press. In 2003, a sequel, The Great Pint-Pulling Olympiad, was published by Grove Press. German versions of both novels, translated by the award-winning German translator and author Harry Rowohlt, were critically and commercially successful. The third volume in the Killoyle trilogy, Killoyle Wine and Cheese, was published in Germany in 2006 and is forthcoming in English.

Boylan’s latest novel, The Adorations, deals with historical and religious themes and is forthcoming in German translation by Kein und Aber, Zürich. Boylan is a regular contributor to Boston Review's New Fiction Forum, and his stories and articles have appeared in many journals and reviews, including The Literary Review, The Recorder, The Texas Observer, The Austin American-Statesman, and Scrivener. He has recently completed a memoir and is currently working on a satire of American corporate life. He currently lives in Texas.

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Killoyle, An Irish Farce, Dalkey Archive Press, May 1997.
The Great Pint-Pulling Olympiad, Grove Press, October 2003.
Killoyle, Eine Irischer Farce. Translated by Harry Rowohlt. Published by Rogner und Bernhard, Hamburg, 1999.
Rückkehr nach Killoyle : Eine Vorwiegend Irische Farce. Translated by Harry Rowohlt. Rogner und Bernhard, Hamburg, 2002.
Killoyle Wine and Cheese. Forthcoming in English.
Killoyle Wein und Käse. Translated by Harry Rowohlt. Rogner und Bernhard, Berlin, 2006.
The Adorations (Die Anbetungen), Kein und Aber, Zürich, 2007.