The Van: A Novel

The Van: A Novel

by Roddy Doyle
The Van: A Novel

The Van: A Novel

by Roddy Doyle

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Overview

Roddy Doyle’s acclaimed Booker Prize-nominated novel, “a darker portrayal of midlife crisis and an expansively farcical chain of misadventures” (The New York Times Book Review)
 
Jimmy Rabitte, Sr., is unemployed, spending his days alone and miserable. When his best friend, Bimbo, also gets laid off, they keep busy by being miserable together. Things seem to look up when they buy a decrepit fish-and-chips van and go into business, selling cheap grub to the drunk and the hungry—and keeping one step ahead of the environmental health officers.

Set during the heady days of Ireland’s brief, euphoric triumphs in the 1990 World Cup, The Van is a tender and hilarious tale of male friendship and family life.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781440625350
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 08/01/1993
Series: The Barrytown Trilogy , #3
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 320
Sales rank: 206,830
File size: 261 KB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

About The Author
Roddy Doyle is the author of 11 novels, 2 collections of stories, 2 books of dialogues, and Rory & Ita, a memoir of his parents. He has written seven books for children and has contributed to a variety of publications including The New YorkerMcSweeney’sMetro Éireann, and several anthologies. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.

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Fay Weldon

There was Joyce's Dublin and now there's Roddy Doyle's: wholly contemporary, extremely funny, and wonderfully and energetically delinquent. Irresistible to the modern spirit.

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