The Commitments by Roddy Doyle

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The Commitments by Roddy Doyle

In the first volume of the Barrytown Trilogy, Roddy Doyle, winner of the Booker Prize for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, introduces The Commitments, a group of fame-starved, working-class Irish youths with a paradoxical passion for the music of Sam Cooke and Otis Redding and a mission--to bring Soul to Dublin. Doyle writes about the band with a fan's enthusiasm and about Dublin with a native's cheerful knowingness. His book captures all the shadings of the rock experience: ambition, greed, and egotism--ans the redeeming, exhilarating joy of making music. The Commitments is one of the most engaging and believable novels about rock'n'roll ever written, a book whose brashness and originality have won it mainstream acclaim and underground cachet.
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ISBN 13 9780679721741
ISBN 10 0679721746
Title The Commitments
Author Roddy Doyle
Series Vintage Contemporaries
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 1989-07-17
Number of pages 176
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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