Received in the mail from Cockeysville, Maryland, USA, through PaperbackSwap.

From Publishers Weekly
This final novel of Doyle's trilogy about the working-class Rabbitte family of Dublin (following The Commitments and The Snapper) demonstrates a brash originality and humor that are both uniquely Irish and shrewdly universal. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

From Kirkus Reviews
A beaten-up van dispensing fish and chips, not some clearing in the deep woods, is the setting for Doyle's warm, humorous, and cleareyed look at male friendship--in this his third book featuring the irrepressible Rabbitte family of Dublin (The Commitments, The Snapper). When Jimmy Rabbitte Sr., loses his job, he tries to make the best of it, but what he misses most are his evenings in the local pub with his friends. ("It wasn't the pints Jimmy Sr., loved ... it was the lads here, the laughing. This was what he loved.'') He joins the library, develops a taste for Dickens, and takes care of granddaughter Gina; but when his best friend Bimbo is made redundant, he's delighted because now, "only with the two of them, they could do plenty of things." And when Bimbo decides to buy a rusting old chipper van, Jimmy accepts his offer to join him in the venture. After much effort, the van is cleaned up, recipes are tested, and the two men are set to sell fish, chips, and burgers to football crowds and pubgoers. Despite any certification from the Health Department, they are a great success, but then the football season ends, business falters, and Jimmy, Sr., misses the fun of the old days--"He'd been starting to think that Bimbo had lost his sense of humor from hanging over the deep-fat fryer too long.'' As usual, Doyle has got it all just right--this is what friendships and families are really like: stubborn, contrary, loving, and, aware of life's absurdities, always ready to be cheered by a good laugh. Vintage Doyle.

Just found a copy of The Barrytown Trilogy, so this is available.

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