This volume brings together under one cover Roddy Doyles three acclaimed novels about the Rabbite family from Dublin. The Commitments" traces the rapid rise & even more rapid fall of Jimmy Rabbite Jrs unusual soul b&. In " The Snapper" Sharon Rabbites pregnancy sparks off intense speculation among her friends & family but she is determined to reveal the identity of the father in her own time. " The Van" set during Irelands 1990 World Cup attempt follows the fortunes of Jimmy Sr & his friend Bimbo as they launch their travelling fishnchip shop on an unsuspecting Barrytown learning much about themselves in the process."