The Snapper

Doyle (Roddy)

ISBN 10: 043620004X / ISBN 13: 9780436200045

Published by Secker & Warburg, London, United Kingdom, 1990

About this Item

A fine first edition, first impression, first printing of Roddy Doyles second book THE SNAPPER in hardback cloth covers with a fine dust jacket, published in Great Britain by Secker & Warburg in 1990. This fine book has red cloth covered boards, titles in black on the spine with black end papers. The tight, bright book has no marks, bumps or writing over its 216 pages, apart from a neat birthday greeting opposite the title page dated 31st August 1990 and some foxing on the book edges. The pages themselves are in fine condition. The copyright page shows first published in Great Britain in 1990, with copyright 1990 by Roddy Doyle. The fine red dust jacket is price clipped and has no blemishes apart from a small crease at the top and middle of the spine. The titles are in yellow and white on the cover and on the spine, with a photograph of a bouncing baby on the cover. The book and jacket are in fine condition. The book was made into an award winning film The Snapper by Stephen Frears in 1993. The book is the second novel in Doyles Barrytown trilogy, commencing with The Commitments and concluding with The Van. The book is signed by Doyle on the title page in his minimalist style. Clear removable archival film protects the pristine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 000039

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Snapper
• Publisher: Secker & Warburg, London, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 043620004X
• ISBN 13: 9780436200045
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Weight: 0.4 kilograms
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Films
  • Modern Firsts
  • Irish Literature

About this title

Synopsis

Meet the Rabbitte family, motley bunch of loveable ne'er-do-wells whose everyday purgatory is rich with hangovers, dogshit and dirty dishes. When the older sister announces her pregnancy, the family is forced to rally together and discover the strangeness of intimacy. But the question remains: which friend of the family is the father of Sharon's child?


From the Trade Paperback edition.

About the Author

Roddy Doyle is an internationally bestselling writer. His first three novels—The Commitments, The Snapper, and the 1991 Booker Prize finalist The Van—are known as The Barrytown Trilogy. He is also the author of the novels Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993 Booker Prize winner), The Woman Who Walked into Doors, and A Star Called Henry, and a non-fiction book about his parents, Rory & Ita. Doyle has also written for the stage and the screen: the plays Brownbread, War, Guess Who's Coming for the Dinner, and The Woman Who Walked Into Doors; the film adaptations of The Commitments )as co-writer), The Snapper, and The Van; When Brendan Met Trudy (an original screenplay); the four-part television series Family for the BBC; and the television play Hell for Leather. Roddy Doyle has also written the children's books The Giggler Treatment, Rover Saves Christmas, and The Meanwhile Adventures and contributed to a variety of publications including The New Yorker magazine and several anthologies. He lives in Dublin.