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Jimmy Rabbitte ist arbeitslos geworden, hängt zu Hause herum und nervt. Dann verliert auch Freund Bimbo seinen Job und kauft sich von der Abfindung einen abgewrackten Imbißwagen. Mit Jimmy als Partner will er während der Fußballweltmeisterschaft 1990 das große Geschäft machen.
"Ein herrlich komisches Buch, das zischt und spritzt wie Fett in der Pfanne." (The Daily Telegraph)

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´A hilarious and hugely affectionate novel´ Independent on Sunday

By the bestselling author of The Commitments , now a long-running West End stage show.

´The musical we´ve been waiting for... So good I almost wept´ Sunday Times

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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.

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"A wonderfully funny book, that crackles and spits like fat in the fryer. It is also very touching...fine entertainment" Daily Telegraph

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Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of nine acclaimed novels, one collection of short stories and Rory & Ita, a memoir about his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. His last book, The Dead Republic, was the final volume in the Henry Smart trilogy.

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