alternate lives

Roddy Doyle’s ‘Smile’ Explores the Vague Areas between Absolute Childhood Trauma and Potential Alternate Lives

Roddy Doyle’s ‘Smile’ Explores the Vague Areas between Absolute Childhood Trauma and Potential Alternate Lives

Smile is about identity and the thin line between reality and a fate inherited by those who suffer in silence. It's also about setting a mood, and Doyle is masterful at that.