The Snapper -- Roddy Doyle

<b>From the Booker Prize-winning author of <i>Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha</i>, the follow up to his acclaimed debut novel <i>The Commitments</i></b> <p/>Twenty-year-old Sharon Rabbitte is pregnant. She's also unmarried, living at home, working in a grocery store, and keeping the father's identity a secret. Her own father, Jimmy Sr., is shocked by the news. Her mother says very little. Her friends and neighbors all want to know whose "snapper" Sharon is carrying.In his sparkling second novel, Roddy Doyle observes the progression of Sharon's pregnancy and its impact on the Rabbitte family--especially on Jimmy Sr.--with wit, candor, and surprising authenticity.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Roddy Doyle<br><b>Publisher:</b> Penguin Publishing Group<br><b>Published:</b> 08/01/1992<br><b>Pages:</b> 224<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.39lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.76h x 5.08w x 0.61d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780140171679<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Booklist</i> 06/15/1992 pg. 1806<br><i>Library Journal</i> 07/01/1992<br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 06/22/1992<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Roddy Doyle </b>is an internationally bestselling writer. His first three novels--<i>The Commitments</i>, <i>The Snapper</i>, and the 1991 Booker Prize finalist<i> The Van</i>--are known as The Barrytown Trilogy. He is also the author of the novels <i>Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha</i> (1993 Booker Prize winner), <i>The Woman Who Walked into Doors</i>, and <i>A Star Call