The Snapper
Twenty-year-old Sharon Rabbitte is pregnant. She's also unmarried, living at home, working in a grocery store, and keeping the father's identity a secret. Her own father, Jimmy Sr., is shocked by the news. Her mother says very little. Her friends and neighbors all want to know whose "snapper"...
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Twenty-year-old Sharon Rabbitte is pregnant. She's also unmarried, living at home, working in a grocery store, and keeping the father's identity a secret. Her own father, Jimmy Sr., is shocked by the news. Her mother says very little. Her friends and neighbors all want to know whose "snapper" Sharon is carrying. In his sparkling second novel, Roddy Doyle observes the progression of Sharon's pregnancy and its impact on the Rabbitte family—especially on Jimmy Sr.—with wit, candor, and surprising authenticity.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140171679 (0140171673)
Publish date: August 1st 1992
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Humor,
Funny,
Comedy,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Literary Fiction,
Irish Literature,
Contemporary,
Ireland,
Fiction
Naturally, after one of the best rock band novels ever -- one fully of music, laughs, and style -- Doyle follows it up with a heartfelt story of a young woman who gets pregnant after a one-night stand. Who wouldn't? Now, Sharon (the young woman in question) is the sister of Jimmy Rabbitte -- The C...
bookshelves: winter-20132014, radio-4, published-1990, fradio, britain-ireland, dublin, families, lifestyles-deathstyles, teh-demon-booze Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from December 15 to 20, 2013 BBC Blurb: Barrytown is buzzing with speculation. Sharon Rabbitte is pregnant and she's n...
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