#2 The Barrytown Trilogy

The Snapper

Roddy Doyle
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Meet the Rabbitte family, motley bunch of loveable ne'er-do-wells whose everyday purgatory is rich with hangovers, dogshit and dirty dishes. When the older sister announces her pregnancy, the family is forced to rally together and discover the strangeness of intimacy. But the question remains: which friend of the family is the father of Sharon's child?
Genres: FictionIrelandIrish LiteratureHumorContemporaryNovelsComedyLiterary FictionLiterature20th Century
224 Pages

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