THE BARRYTOWN TRILOGY The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van [SIGNED]

Roddy Doyle

ISBN 10: 0436201216 / ISBN 13: 9780436201219

Published by Secker & Warburg, London, 1992

About this Item

First printing of first edition thus as omnibus edition, signed by Doyle to title page. Stock lightly toned, commensurate with paper quality, but otherwise all in VG+, crisp, clean and bright internal order. Notes in ink to rear free endpaper verso. Light shelfwear only to smart blue boards with bright silver titling to spine. Good unclipped d/j has some edgewear, surface wear and a closed tear at head of spine, with internal repairs. Value would be enhanced by replacing this. 8vo. [6] 633pp.

Seller Inventory # 108501

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE BARRYTOWN TRILOGY The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van [SIGNED]
• Publisher: Secker & Warburg, London
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0436201216
• ISBN 13: 9780436201219
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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.