The third book in the Barrytown Trilogy. Jimmy Rabbitte is unemployed and rapidly running out of money. His best friend Bimbo has been made redundant from the company where he has worked for many years. The two old friends are out of luck and out of options. That is, until Bimbo finds a dilapidated 'chipper van' and the pair decide to go into business... By the bestselling author of 'The Commitments' and 'The Snapper', 'The Van' is a tender tale of male friendship, swimming in grease and stained with ketchup.