An edition of The Commitments (1987)

The Commitments

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An edition of The Commitments (1987)

The Commitments

Minerva edition, 3rd reprint; Movie tie-in

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  • ★★★★ 4.00 ·
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  • 1 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

THEY HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. BUT THEY WERE WILLING TO RISK IT ALL.
--back cover

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Minerva
Language
English
Pages
165

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Subjects
Fiction, Bands (Music), Soul musicians, Musical fiction, soul music, gigs, culchies, Dublin (ireland), fiction, Musicians, fiction, Fiction, general
People
Commitments, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Derek Scully, Outspan Foster, Jimmy Rabbitte, Joey Fagan, Joe Tex, Four Tops, Steven Clifford, Imelda Quire, Natalie Murphy, Mickah Wallace, Bernie McGloughlin, Dean Fay, Liam Foster, Billy Mooney, Declan Cuffe, Brassers
Places
Dublin, Ireland, Barrytown, America

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Cover of: The Commitments
The Commitments
2013, Isis Large Print
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The Commitments
1993?, Vintage Contemporaries
Paperback in English - 1st Vintage Contemporaries edition (24)
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The Commitments
1991, Minerva
Paperback in English - Minerva edition, 3rd reprint; Movie tie-in
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The Commitments
1989-07, Vintage Books
Paperback in English - 1st Vintage contemporaries ed. (6)
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London

First Sentence

"—We'll ask Jimmy, said Outspan."

Edition Notes

Series
Barrytown
Copyright Date
1987

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
164 p. :
Number of pages
165

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL15462292M
Internet Archive
commitments0000doyl_g7b3
ISBN 10
0749398019
ISBN 13
9780749398019
OCLC/WorldCat
831376699
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0749398019
Google
rVX9PwAACAAJ
Library Thing
3186582
Goodreads
55821509

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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