The Barrytown Trilogy: "The Commitments", "The Snapper" and "The Van"

Doyle, Roddy

ISBN 10: 0436201216 / ISBN 13: 9780436201219

Published by Secker & Warburg, 1992

About this Item

1992 First Thus. Very good in like jacket. FFEP signed by previous owner, author John Metcalf. Minor toning to block. Minor edgewear to head and foot of spine. Jacket is showing very minor edgewear. Unclipped jacket. A tight copy.

Seller Inventory # 014511

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Barrytown Trilogy: "The Commitments", "The Snapper" and "The Van"
• Publisher: Secker & Warburg
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0436201216
• ISBN 13: 9780436201219
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Together in one volume, this book contains Roddy Doyle's trilogy about the Rabbitte family of Barrytown, north Dublin. "The Commitments" was a major film of 1991, "The Snapper" is currently being filmed and "The Van" was shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize.

About the Author

RODDY DOYLE was born in Dublin in 1958. His first novel, The Commitments, was published to great acclaim in 1987 and was made into a very successful film by Alan Parker. The Snapper was published in 1990 and has also been made into a film, directed by Stephen Frears. The Van was shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize and made into a film also by Stephen Frears. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, which won the Booker Prize in 1993, was the largest-selling winner in the history of the prize and has been published in nineteen languages. His most recent novels are The Woman Who Walked Into Doors and A Star Called Henry.