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.
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