by Roddy Doyle · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780749397364
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«The Barrytown Trilogy» is Roddy Doyle's trilogy of comic novels, published by Vintage in paperback (633 pages, in English).
The volume brings together three comic novels about the Rabbitte family in the Barrytown neighbourhood, north of Dublin: The Commitments follows the meteoric career of a peculiar soul band; The Snapper, Sharon Rabbitte's pregnancy and the rumours it stirs; The Van, Jimmy Sr. and Bimbo's fish and chips business during the 1990 World Cup.
All three novels were adapted to film; The Van was shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize.
For readers of contemporary fiction seeking humour and Irish settings, as well as for those familiar with the film adaptations.
Roderick Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
