The Barrytown Trilogy consists of the first three novels by Irish writer Roddy Doyle and is first published as a trilogy in 1992. All of the three novels have been adapted into successful movies. Roddy Doyle (born May 1958 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. ... 1991 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The three novels are: The Commitments (1987, film 1991), The Snapper (1990, film 1993), The Van (1991, shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize, film 1997). All three novels are focused on the Rabbitte family. The Commitments (1987) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle and is the first episode in The Barrytown Trilogy. ... The Snapper (1990) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle and the second novel in The Barrytown Trilogy. ... Written by Roddy Doyle, The Van is a book which continues the story from The Snapper. ... The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known as the Man Booker Prize, or simply the Man Booker, is one of the worlds most important literary prizes, and awarded each year for the best original novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in...