The Van - Hardcover

Doyle, Roddy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670845876 ISBN 13: 9780670845873

Publisher: Viking, 1992

Synopsis

Jimmy Rabbitte Senior pulls himself out of a mid-life crisis when he purchases a greasy fish-and-chip van and sells grub to Dublin's drunk and hungry during the heady days of Ireland's triumphs in the World Cup.

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Review:

"A wonderfully funny book, that crackles and spits like fat in the fryer. It is also very touching...fine entertainment" (Daily Telegraph)

"The last novel of his superb trilogy about the Rabbitte family of North Dublin...often hilarious, always enthralling and - this really is the case - unputdownable" (Sunday Times)

"Roddy Doyle is a phenomenon... The Van is not just a very funny book, it is also faultless comic writing" (New Statesman)

"There have been no novels published this year which are as funny, as understanding about the triumphs and indignities of family life, or as brave in touching upon the raw nerves of the male psyche" (Guardian)

Book Description:

'A hilarious and hugely affectionate novel' Independent on Sunday

By the bestselling author of The Commitments, now a long-running West End stage show.

'The musical we've been waiting for... So good I almost wept' Sunday Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0670845876
• ISBN 13: 9780670845873
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320