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The Van Paperback - 1991
by Doyle, Roddy
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- Title The Van
- Author Doyle, Roddy
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 4th
- Condition Used - G+
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin, New York
- Publication date 1991
- Bookseller's Inventory # 223603
- ISBN 9780140171914 / 0140171916
- Weight 0.49 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 7.74 x 5.07 x 0.61 in (19.66 x 12.88 x 1.55 cm)
- Age range 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Category Fiction - General
- Library of Congress subjects Humorous stories, Dublin (Ireland) - Fiction
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 92019539
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
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.
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.
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