The Van (Paperback, Reissue)

High comedy set in north Dublin, which begins when unemployed Jimmy and his best friend Bimbo buy a decrepit fish-and-chip van. Billed as 'a tender tale of male friendship, swimming in grease and stained with ketchup', shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize. Of it, Dermot Healy, author of Sudden Times wrote: 'I took up The Van one winter's night and was laughing out loud. Doyle's touch in dialogue is masterly but he also has a sort of resoluteness in pursuing the illusion as far as it will go. Into sordidness and on. The chip van of the title is described in intense detail. You can smell the oils, the chips. You can see the grease stuck to the walls. And behind the scenes some sort of fervent sorrow keeps driving the characters. Doyle is really a gifted dissident besides one of those rare things - a natural novelist. (Kirkus UK)

"A hilarious and hugely affectionate novel." --"Independent on Sunday"
Jimmy Rabbitte is unemployed and rapidly running out of money. His best friend Bimbo has been made redundant at the company where he has worked for many years. The two old friends are out of luck and out of options. That is, until Bimbo finds a dilapidated 'chipper van' and the pair decide to go into business. By the bestselling author of "The Commitments" and "The Snapper, The Van" is a tender tale of male friendship, swimming in grease and stained with ketchup.

General

Imprint:	Vintage
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 1992
Authors:	Roddy Doyle
Dimensions:	199 x 129 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	311
Edition:	Reissue
ISBN-13:	978-0-7493-9990-0
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-7493-9990-2
Barcode:	9780749399900

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