by Roddy Doyle · Random House UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780749336141
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«The Snapper» is the novel by Roddy Doyle, published by Random House UK in paperback (160 pages, in English).
The novel follows the Rabbitte family, a working-class home in Dublin, when the eldest daughter, Sharon, announces an unexpected pregnancy and refuses to reveal who the father is. The news shakes up the family routine and forces the Rabbittes to react amid rumours, gossip and the fear that the community will discover the truth.
The novel was originally published in 1990; this 1993 edition is the variant released with the premiere of the film adaptation. Second instalment of Roddy Doyle's Barrytown trilogy.
For readers looking for a lively and humorous novel about family and neighbourhood life in working-class Dublin, with vivid dialogue.
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.
