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The Snapper
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.
Book Details
- Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
- Publish Date: Aug 1st, 1992
- Pages: 224
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.76in - 5.08in - 0.61in - 0.39lb
- EAN: 9780140171679
- Recommended age: 18-UP
- Categories: • Literary• Women• Family Life - General
About the Author
More books by Roddy Doyle
What people are saying
Comic Book Writer. Currently writing #SuperiorSpiderMan and #SpiderBoy once a month. And #DoctorWho once a year. dan.slott on IG and Threads.
@SentaMosesMikan Roddy Doyle wrote 3 novels about the same family. Jimmy Rabbitte (in The Commitments) is the oldest son. In The Snapper, we follow the eldest daughter when she gets pregnant and won't say who the father is. And in The Van, the family runs a food truck to try and make extra money. https://t.co/7wr31QrhtH
Bethanne Patrick is a book critic.
@EMirengoff @summerbrennan Also, THE SNAPPER by Roddy Doyle comes to mind, and THE GATHERING by Anne Enright. What a surprise that Irish authors writing about Catholic families come to mind so easily. . .
Irish Australian writer. Debut novel, THE MAKING OF HER from @DuttonBooks @PenguinBooksAus available now. Rep'd by @GrainneFox @unitedtalent #themakingofher
The first time I saw my people and my place in a work of fiction was when I read Roddy Doyle's THE SNAPPER. So having his kind words grace the cover of my debut novel means the world to me. 🧡 #themakingofher @bernadettejiwa https://t.co/naZ3bok1fW
Praise for this book
--The New York Times Book Review
"Few novels depict parent-child relationships . . . better than this one, and few men could write sensitively about pregnancy. Don't pass up this novel."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Very, very funny . . . The most amazing account of a pregnancy ever written."
--Maeve Binchy
What people are saying
Comic Book Writer. Currently writing #SuperiorSpiderMan and #SpiderBoy once a month. And #DoctorWho once a year. dan.slott on IG and Threads.
@SentaMosesMikan Roddy Doyle wrote 3 novels about the same family. Jimmy Rabbitte (in The Commitments) is the oldest son. In The Snapper, we follow the eldest daughter when she gets pregnant and won't say who the father is. And in The Van, the family runs a food truck to try and make extra money. https://t.co/7wr31QrhtH
Bethanne Patrick is a book critic.
@EMirengoff @summerbrennan Also, THE SNAPPER by Roddy Doyle comes to mind, and THE GATHERING by Anne Enright. What a surprise that Irish authors writing about Catholic families come to mind so easily. . .