The Barrytown Trilogy
The Commitments / The Snapper / The Van
by Roddy Doyle
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Here, in one volume, are Roddy Doyle’s three acclaimed novels about the Rabbitte family from Barrytown, Dublin. In them we follow the rapid rise of Jimmy Rabbitte’s soul band, the Commitments, and their equally rapid fall; Sharon Rabbitte’s attempts to keep the identity of her unborn child’s father a secret, amid intense speculation from her family and friends; and the fortunes of the travelling fish ‘n’ chips van that Jimmy Rabbitte Sr and his friend Bimbo launch for the good people of Barrytown.
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Fiction, Bands (Music), Soul musicians, Musical fiction, soul music, gigs, culchies, City and town life, Friendship, Literature, Humorous stories, Humorous fiction, fish and chips, Unmarried mothers, Teenage pregnancy, literary fiction, women's fiction, Fiction, humorous, Literatura Expressao Inglesa, English fiction, Irish authors, Fiction, general, Ireland, fiction, Dublin (ireland), fictionPeople
Commitments, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Derek Scully, Outspan Foster, Jimmy Rabbitte, Joey Fagan, Joe Tex, Four Tops, Steven Clifford, Imelda Quire, Natalie Murphy, Mickah Wallace, Bernie McGloughlin, Dean Fay, Liam Foster, Billy Mooney, Declan Cuffe, Brassers, Jimmy Rabbitte Sr., Brendan Reeves, Sharon Rabbitte, Rabbittes, Jimmy Rabbitte Sr, Veronica Rabbitte, George BurgessTimes
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The Barrytown Trilogy: The Commitments / The Snapper / The Van
2013, Vintage Books
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The Barrytown Trilogy: The Commitments, The Snapper, and The Van
1996, Minerva
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The Barrytown Trilogy
1995, Penguin Books
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Roddy Doyle's winning trio of comic novels depicting the daily life and times of the Rabbitte family in working-class Dublin.
The Commitments
Still one of the freshest and funniest rock 'n' roll novels ever written, Doyle's first book portrays a group of aspiring musicians on a mission: to bring soul to Dublin.
The Snapper
Doyle's sparkling second novel observes the progression of twenty-year-old Sharon's pregnancy and its impact on the Rabbitte family - especially on her father, Jimmy Sr - with with, candor, and surprising authenticity.
The Van
Set during the heady days of Ireland's brief, euphoric triumphs in the 1990 World Cup, this Booker Prize nominee is a tender and hilarious tale of male friendship, midlife crisis, and family life.
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