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  • Published: 1 November 2007
  • ISBN: 9781407003313
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 3 hr 0 min
  • Narrator: Brendan Gleeson
  • RRP: $11.99

The Van




'A hilarious and hugely affectionate novel' Independent on Sunday

Jimmy Rabbitte is unemployed and rapidly running out of money. His best friend Bimbo has been made redundant at the company where he has worked for many years. The two old friends are out of luck and out of options. That is, until Bimbo finds a dilapidated 'chipper van' and the pair decide to go into business...

By the bestselling author of The Commitments and The Snapper, The Van is a tender tale of male friendship, swimming in grease and stained with ketchup.

  • Published: 1 November 2007
  • ISBN: 9781407003313
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 3 hr 0 min
  • Narrator: Brendan Gleeson
  • RRP: $11.99

About the author

Roddy Doyle

Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of eleven 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.

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