An edition of The Commitments (1987)

The Commitments

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An edition of The Commitments (1987)

The Commitments

1st Vintage contemporaries ed. (6)
  • 4.00 ·
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  • 3 Have read

Talk a group of fame-starved, working-class Irish youths who call themselves The Commitments, give them a paradoxical passion for the music of Sam Cooke and Otis Redding, and a mission -- to bring Soul to Dublin -- and you have the makings of 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. Roddy Doyle, a young Dubliner, writes about the band with a fan's enthusiasm, about his city with a native's cheerful knowingness. His book captures all the shadings of the rock experience: ambition, greed, and egotism - and the redeeming, exhilarating joy of making music.
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Publisher
Vintage Books
Language
English
Pages
165

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1991, Minerva
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1989-07, Vintage Books
Paperback in English - 1st Vintage contemporaries ed. (6)

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Published in

New York

Edition Notes

Series
Barrytown
Copyright Date
1987

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6054.O95 C66 1989

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
165 p. ;
Number of pages
165

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL2069531M
ISBN 10
0679721746
ISBN 13
9780679721741
LCCN
88082388
OCLC/WorldCat
636650765, 19124721
Google
s3cdwgelrdQC
Library Thing
3186582
Goodreads
51078786

Work Description

The Commitments (1987) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle.[2] The first episode in The Barrytown Trilogy, it is about a group of unemployed young people in the north side of Dublin, Ireland, who start a soul band.



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