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The Van
by Roddy Doyle
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 043620052X
- ISBN 13
- 9780436200526
- Seller
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Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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About This Item
First Edition. First Impression. Octavo. Hardcover with blue cloth to boards, black lettering to spine. Secker & Warburg (London), 1991. 311pp. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine.
Synopsis
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 hungryand 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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Details
- Bookseller
- Quinn Rare Books
(IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11
- Title
- The Van
- Author
- Roddy Doyle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with blue cloth to boards, black lettering to spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First Impression.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 043620052X
- ISBN 13
- 9780436200526
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 311
- Size
- Octavo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Irish Fiction;
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Quinn Rare Books
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....