A one-volume edition of the celebrated trio of novels about the Rabbitte family, from the Booker Prize-winning author o
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The Barrytown Trilogy
gathers Roddy’s Doyle’s first three novels into one volume:
The Commitments
, one of the funniest rock’n’roll novels ever written, about a group of aspiring musicians on a mission to bring soul to Dublin;
The Snapper
, about the progression of twenty-year-old Sharon Rabbitte’s pregnancy on her family; and
The Van
, a finalist for the Booker Prize, a tender and hilarious tale of male friendship, midlife crisis, and family life, set during the heady days of Ireland’s brief, euphoric triumphs in the 1990 World Cup.