The Barrytown Trilogy

Roddy Doyle First published 1992

About this book

Roddy Doyle's winning trio of comic novels depicting the daily life and times of the Rabbitte family in working-class Dublin.

The Commitments Still one of the freshest and funniest rock 'n' roll novels ever written, Doyle's first book portrays a group of aspiring musicians on a mission: to bring soul to Dublin.

The Snapper Doyle's sparkling second novel observes the progression of twenty-year-old Sharon's pregnancy and its impact on the Rabbitte family - especially on her father, Jimmy Sr - with with, candor, and surprising authenticity.

The Van Set during the heady days of Ireland's brief, euphoric triumphs in the 1990 World Cup, this Booker Prize nominee is a tender and hilarious tale of male friendship, midlife crisis, and family life.

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Subjects

bands (music)
city and town life
culchies
dublin (ireland), fiction
english fiction
fiction
fiction, general
fiction, humorous
fish and chips
friendship
gigs
humorous fiction
humorous stories
ireland, fiction
irish authors
literary fiction
literatura expressao inglesa
literature
musical fiction
soul music
soul musicians
teenage pregnancy
unmarried mothers
women's fiction