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    <body><![CDATA[Roddy Doyle has become a favorite of mine, crafting novels of seeming simplicity that pull you into the hopeful but hard realities of his characters. A dark comedy about the mid-life struggle of a Dubliner and his friends, &quot;The Van&quot; kept me laughing sadly into my beer as I rooted for the c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71993430">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I LOVED this book until about 35 pages to the end. Prior to those 35 pages, The Van is HILARIOUS and if you've read the two previous novels about the Rabbitte Family, you'll feel as if you're visiting old friends. Then you get to those pages and realize that The Van doesn't have much of a plot. Doyl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51037439">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The third Jimmy Rabbitte novel after The Commitments and The Snapper. Jimmie's getting married and Jimmie Sr., out of work, spends most of his time baby-sitting the snapper and having a pint whenever friends buy. Times are tough, but when Bimbo gets laid-off, the leisurely life begins to pale. Solut...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69337737">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This story is superb.  The Commitments and The Snapper are nice preludes, but The Van is top notch.  It should be required reading for high school kids--it gets into the human element better than any other contemporary book I've read in a long time.  On second thought, I haven't been reading contemp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71365175">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my least favorite of the Barrytown Trilogy.  Its still good, but everything seemed to drag on for too long.  The first part of the book is about an unemployed Jimmy Sr.  We really get to see how he feels about being unemployed, and what he's willing to do about it.  However, I was just anxio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16508271">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Three and a half.  So much insight into Irish masculine &amp; pub culture that it made it into my thesis.  If you're not studying icons of Irish literature, however, it's an enjoyable but not fantastic book.  Quick read.  Also: made me want fish and chips.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[(with apologies to WCW)<br/><br/>so much depends<br/>upon<br/><br/>a white chipper<br/>van<br/><br/>glazed with hot<br/>oil<br/><br/>outside the dark<br/>local<br/>---<br/>In this bittersweet conclusion to the Barrytown books, Doyle's storytelling shines.  Like the first two books, he ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45060602">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Further adventures of the Rabbitte's. It's the 3rd in Doyle's &quot;The Barrytown Trilogy,&quot; but I skipped the first one - The Commitments. Maybe I'll read that later, but probably not.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another one of my favorites by this author.  Nothing too exciting, just a really good story.  This stars the same family that is in 'The Commitments' and 'The Snapper'.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Simply marvelous.  The often hilarious story of two friends getting through hard times together.  Doyle's words dance like street poetry.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good laugh but it has its poignant moments as well...<br/><br/>I'm not sure what the author is trying to portray behind the humour]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Purchased in Waterford, Ireland.  Read on the train back to Dublin, and on the ferry back to Holyhead, Wales.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Barrytown boys are at it again, this time with a fish and chip van.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite of the three---such great banter I laughed 'til my sides ached. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[fried nappies are disgusting.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Eh.  I liked The Snapper better.  I could have done without this one.  Funny, yes.  But it was funny the first time.  Maybe if I had put some time between the two books, I would have liked it better.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Luckily this wasn't the first Doyle book I read, or I<br/>might have missed the (to me) much better ones.<br/>This is Lucy &amp; Ethel reincarnated as Irish blokes,<br/>bawdier and with a bit more nuance, but not enough<br/>more. Doesn't hold a candle (even allowing for very <br/>different intent) ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18987961">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Dude, this book is SO much fun. I didn't like it quite as much as The Commitments and The Snapper before it, but it still made me laugh a lot. Irish slang to the max and the hilarity of everyday life in the just-trying-to-get-by-with-some-laughs-and-love Rabbitte family. The dad Jimmy, the center of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7917043">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my first Roddy Doyle book and I remember enjoying it very much. But other than the fact that it revolved around a fish and chips van, I don't recall much else. This involves some of the same characters as in &quot;The Commitments,&quot; one of my favorite movies (haven't tried the book yet)...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Roddy Doyle, but I felt lukewarm toward this book.  I like the younger people in the Barrytown Trilogy more.  After living in Ireland, though, I think my appreciation grew.  All the old guys were just like Bimbo (that was the friend's name, wasn't it?).]]></body>
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