unicorndeburgh reviewed The snapper by Roddy Doyle (Barrytown)
Review of 'The snapper' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Roddy Doyle is so damn good it's scary. This is the 2nd book in the Barrytown Trilogy: The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van. I find that I have foolishly read it first, so must go get The Commitments immediately.[return]A working class (just barely) Irish family is thrown into confusion when the unmarried, twenty-year-old daughter gets pregnant, and doesn't name a young man to marry. There's some pathos and ick, but mostly love and comedy. Published in 1990, it makes a 2009-era American's hair stand on end with the complete lack of fuss about prenatal vitamins and organic foods, not to mention Baby Einstein.
