An edition of The Commitments (1987)

The Commitments

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An edition of The Commitments (1987)

The Commitments

Large print edition

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  • ★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 38 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

Barrytown, Dublin has something to sing about. The Commitments are spreading the gospel of Soul. Ably managed by Jimmy Rabitte, brilliantly coached by Joel "The Lips" Fagan, their twin assault on Motown and Barrytown takes them by leaps and bounds from the parish hall to immortality on vinyl. But can The Commitments live up to their name? This funky, rude, unpretentious first novel traces the short, funny and furious career of a group of working-class Irish kids who form a band — The Commitments. Their mission: to bring soul to Dublin.
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Isis Large Print
Language
English
Pages
169

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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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The Commitments
2013, Isis Large Print
Paperback in English - Large print edition
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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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Oxford
Series
Barrytown
Copyright Date
1987

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
169p.
Number of pages
169

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL31902638M
Internet Archive
commitments0000doyl_j7r2
ISBN 10
0753192594
ISBN 13
9780753192597
OCLC/WorldCat
986552640
Goodreads
23217233

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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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