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The Van

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The Van

The Barrytown Trilogy Book 3

Book 3 of the The Barrytown Trilogy series.After Jimmy Rabbitte Sr and his friend Bimbo are laid off, they sink a redundancy cheque into a battered fish-and-chip van. As queues grow during a football-crazed summer, money worries and pride slowly strain the friendship that got the business started.

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Published 1991
Part of the The Barrytown Trilogy series as book 3.

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After Jimmy Rabbitte Sr and his friend Bimbo are laid off, they sink a redundancy cheque into a battered fish-and-chip van. As queues grow during a football-crazed summer, money worries and pride slowly strain the friendship that got the business started.

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The Van by Roddy Doyle stands out as a high-interest title with strong recommendation value.

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The Van is linked to Part of the The Barrytown Trilogy series as book 3..

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A good next step after The Van is The Commitments, The Snapper, The Woman Who Walked Into Doors.

When was The Van published?

The Van was published in 1991.