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by Roddy Doyle · Minerva · tapa blanda · 304 pages
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En 'The Van', Roddy Doyle nos presenta a Jimmy Rabbitte, un desempleado que lucha por salir adelante. Junto a su amigo Bimbo, también despedido, decide emprender un negocio peculiar: una furgoneta de comida rápida. Esta tierna historia de amistad masculina, bañada en grasa y aderezada con ketchup, nos sumerge en las dificultades y los sueños de estos dos amigos mientras intentan triunfar en el mundo de la comida callejera en Dublín. Con el inconfundible estilo de Doyle, la novela ofrece una mirada humorística y conmovedora a la vida de la clase trabajadora irlandesa, explorando temas como la amistad, la familia y la búsqueda de oportunidades en tiempos difíciles. 'The Van' es una historia entrañable que celebra la perseverancia y el espíritu emprendedor en medio de la adversidad.

Roderick Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.