The Van

The hilarious third novel of Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown Trilogy focuses on the senior Jimmy Rabbitte and his hugely unsuccessful business venture."Roddy Doyle is a phenomenon... The Van is not just a very funny book, it is also faultless comic writing." - New StatesmanTwo old friends who are down on their luck and short of options decide that fast food might be the best way to make some fast cash. Jimmy Rabbitte senior and his best friend Bimbo buy an old fish-and-chip van and go into business in the Dublin of the 1990s. Not everything goes exactly to plan, however... A touching and poignant tale of male friendship, peppered with swearwords and salted with humour."There have been no novels published this year which are as funny, as understanding about the triumphs and indignities of family life, or as brave in touching upon the raw nerves of the male psyche." - The GuardianRoddy Doyle is the author of 11 novels, a collection of stories, and Rory & Ita, a memoir of his parents. Doyle has written five books for children and several anthologies. He has also written for the stage. His plays include a co-adaption with Joe O’Byrne of his novel The Woman who Walked into Doors and he co-wrote with Bisi Adigun a new version of The Playboy of the Western World. He also wrote the screenplays for The Snapper, The Van, Family, When Brendan Met Trudy and co-wrote the screenplay for The Commitments. Shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, and set in a Dublin suburb during the 1990 World Cup, this completes a trilogy which began with "The Commitments" and "The Snapper". Jimmy Rabbite Sr seeks refuge from the vicissitudes of unemployment by joining a friend in running a fish-and-chip van. Comedy. Jimmy Rabbitte and his friend Bimbo run a mobile food van around Dublin, selling grub to the drunk and hungry and one step ahead of the health officers The Van is a 1991 novel by Roddy Doyle and the third novel in [The Barrytown Trilogy](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL762601W/The_Barrytown_Trilogy).