Roger Boylan

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 first 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 [http://www.keinundaber.ch/site Kein und Aber] , Zürich. This publisher also reissued the entire "Killoyle" trilogy in the autumn of 2007. 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 working on a novel. He currently lives in Texas.

Boylan is married and has a daughter, Margaret Boylan.

Works

"Killoyle, An Irish Farce", Dalkey Archive Press, May 1997.
"The Great Pint-Pulling Olympiad", Grove Press, October 2003.
"Killoyle, Eine Irische 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"), [http://www.keinundaber.ch/site Kein und Aber] , Zürich, 2009.

External links

* [http://bostonreview.net/BR32.4/article_boylan.php "Nabokov's Gift," by Roger Boylan] , Boston Review, July/August 2007.
* [http://bostonreview.net/BR32.1/boylan.html "The Quiet Man: John McGahern," by Roger Boylan] , Boston Review, January/February 2007.
* [http://bostonreview.net/BR31.1/boylan.html "Ian McEwan's Family Values," by Roger Boylan] , Boston Review, January/February 2006.
* [http://bostonreview.net/BR29.1/boylan.html "The Lost Ones: John Banville," by Roger Boylan] , Boston Review, February/March 2004.
* [http://dalkeyarchive.com/context/2047 "Reading Aidan Higgins," by Roger Boylan] , CONTEXT, Summer 2007.
* [http://weeklywire.com/ww/10-27-97/austin_books_feature1.html Review of "Killoyle" by Harvey Pekar] , Austin Chronicle, Vol. 17, No. 8.
* [http://www.enotes.com/salem-lit/killoyle Review of "Killoyle"] , Magill Book Reviews.
* [http://www.emigrant.ie/article.asp?iCategoryID=49&iArticleID=27983 Review of "The Great Pint-Pulling Olympiad"] , BookView Ireland.
* [http://www.villagevoice.com/books/0346,reidy,48545,10.html Review of "The Great Pint-Pulling Olympiad"] , The Village Voice.