This was free and wordless and the man with the trumpet was driving it forward without ever looking back
Click play to listen. Recorded on November 14, 2004.
The acclaimed Irish author of “The Barrytown Trilogy” and Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha, Roddy Doyle presents the new volume in his current series “The Last Roundup.” Oh, Play That Thing follows the protagonist of A Star Called Henry as he emigrates to America in 1924 and makes his way to Chicago—where he meets a certain trumpeter named Louis Armstrong. Doyle reads excerpts from A Star Called Henry, Oh, Play That Thing, “The Joke,” and The Meanwhile Adventures. After reading, Doyle responds to questions from the audience, including a response to a controversial comment he made about James Joyce’s Ulysses.
