The Van
Jimmy Rabbitte 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-chip van and go into business, selling cheap grub to the drunk and the...
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Jimmy Rabbitte 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-chip 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 truimphs in the 1990 World cup, The Van is a tender and hilarious tale of male friendship and family life.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780749399900 (0749399902)
Publish date: August 20th 1997
Publisher: Vintage Books
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Humor,
Funny,
Comedy,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Literary Fiction,
Irish Literature,
Contemporary,
Ireland,
Modern
Series: The Barrytown Trilogy -3 (#3)
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr. started off as a supporting character in The Commitments, moved up to co-star in The Snapper, and finally moves to the forefront in The Van, which is more about him than the other two were about any one person. Which isn't to say that Jimmy, Jr., Sharon, Veronica, Darren and the...
9 years ago
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