num_pages: 304
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Van
titlecomplete: The Van (The Barrytown Trilogy, #3)
genres: Ireland, Comedy, Novels, Irish Literature, Literary Fiction, Literature, Modern, Humor, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 7206
places: Barrytown
series: The Barrytown Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Booker Prize
publisher: Random House