The Barrytown Trilogy

By Roddy Doyle,

Book cover of The Barrytown Trilogy: The Commitments; The Snapper; The Van

Book description

A one-volume edition of the celebrated trio of novels about the Rabbitte family, from the Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Look for Roddy Doyle’s new novel, Smile, coming in October of 2017

The Barrytown Trilogy gathers Roddy’s Doyle’s first three novels into one volume: The Commitments,…

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1 author picked The Barrytown Trilogy as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Here I am recommending three books in one, because I think they should be read one after the other in a single holiday week where the rain is pouring down outside and you can lock yourself away and completely disappear into Doyle’s working-class Dublin universe. If you do not fall in love with the Rabbite family in all their imperfections, then uplit is not for you. I guarantee that no bad vibes will penetrate your mind while you are reading the Barrytown trilogy.

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