The Snapper

The Snapper (1990) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle and the second novel in The Barrytown Trilogy.

Related Topics:
Irish - Roddy Doyle - The Barrytown Trilogy

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It tells the story of young Sharon Rabbitte being pregnant by a friend's father and is decided to keep the "snapper" and refuses to reveal the identiy of the begetter.

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The story was made into a movie of the same title in 1993, directed by Stephen Frears and starring Tina Kelegher and Colm Meaney. In the movie, the surname of the Rabbitte family has to be changed into Curley as 20th Century Fox owns the rights to the Rabbitte name from The Commitments (1987).

Related Topics:
1993 - Stephen Frears - Tina Kelegher - Colm Meaney - 20th Century Fox - The Commitments

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