VIKING
Published by the Penguin Group
Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street,
New York, New York 10014, U.S.A.
Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3
(a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.)
Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England
Penguin Ireland, 25 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
(a division of Penguin Books Ltd)
Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell,
Victoria 3124, Australia
(a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd)
Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park,
New Delhi – 110 017, India
Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, Auckland 0632,
New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd)
Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue,
Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa
Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street,
New York, New York 10014, U.S.A.
Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3
(a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.)
Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England
Penguin Ireland, 25 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
(a division of Penguin Books Ltd)
Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell,
Victoria 3124, Australia
(a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd)
Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park,
New Delhi – 110 017, India
Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, Auckland 0632,
New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd)
Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd, 24 Sturdee Avenue,
Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa
Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices:
80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England
80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England
First published in 2011 by Viking Penguin,
a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
“Recuperation,” “The Photograph,” “Teaching,” “The
Joke,” “Ash,” “The Dog,” “Bullfighting,” and “Sleep” first appeared
in The New Yorker; “The Slave” (in longer form) in
Speaking with the Angel, edited by Nick Hornby (Riverhead,
2001); “Blood” in Stories: All New Tales, edited by Neil
Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio (William Morrow, 2010); “The Plate” in
The Guardian; and “Animals” in The News from Dublin,
edited by Joseph O’Connor (Faber and Faber, 2011). “Recuperation”
also appeared in New Dubliners, edited by Oona Frawley (New
Island, 2005) and “The Joke” also appeared in The Faber Book of
Best New Irish Short Stories 2004 – 5, edited by David Marcus
(Faber and Faber, 2005).
Publisher’s Note
These selections are works of fiction. Names,
characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the
author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance
to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events,
or locales is entirely coincidental.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION
DATA
Doyle, Roddy.
Bullfighting and other stories / Roddy
Doyle.
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-1-101-51412-2
I. Title.
PR6054.O95B85 2011
823’.914—dc22
PR6054.O95B85 2011
823’.914—dc22
2010053424
Without limiting the rights under copyright
reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced,
stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in
any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of
both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this
book.
The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this
book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission
of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase
only authorized electronic editions and do not participate in or
encourage electronic piracy of copyrightable materials. Your
support of the author’s rights is appreciated.