'A hilarious and hugely affectionate novel' Independent on
Sunday
By the bestselling author of The Commitments, now a long-running
West End stage show.
'The musical we've been waiting for... So good I almost wept'
Sunday Times
Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of twelve acclaimed novels including The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van and Smile, two collections of short stories, and Rory & Ita, a memoir about his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
A wonderfully funny book, that crackles and spits like fat in the
fryer. It is also very touching...fine entertainment
*Daily Telegraph*
The last novel of his superb trilogy about the Rabbitte family of
North Dublin...often hilarious, always enthralling and - this
really is the case - unputdownable
*Sunday Times*
Roddy Doyle is a phenomenon... The Van is not just a very funny
book, it is also faultless comic writing
*New Statesman*
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
*Guardian*
A wonderfully funny book, that crackles and spits like fat in the
fryer. It is also very touching...fine entertainment * Daily
Telegraph *
The last novel of his superb trilogy about the Rabbitte family of
North Dublin...often hilarious, always enthralling and - this
really is the case - unputdownable * Sunday Times *
Roddy Doyle is a phenomenon... The Van is not just a very
funny book, it is also faultless comic writing * New Statesman
*
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 *
Guardian *
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