The Commitments

Doyle, Roddy

ISBN 10: 0679721746 / ISBN 13: 9780679721741

Published by Vintage Books, 1989

About this Item

New York. 1989. July 1989. Vintage Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0679721746. Paperback Original. 166 pages. paperback. Cover design by Lorraine Louie. Cover illustration by Jose Cruz, Inset of James Brown by Roy Pendleton, Push Pin Associates. Signed by the Author. keywords: Europe Ireland Literature World Literature. DESCRIPTION - Take 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. Young, feisty, funky, rude. .and great fun, THE COMMITMENTS acquits itself perfectly in the torrid zone of The Rock Novel [and] is a contender for the funniest debut of the year. .as sharp as a Stanley knife.' - TIME OUT. A VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES ORIGINAL. inventory #26093.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Commitments
• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679721746
• ISBN 13: 9780679721741
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good in Wrappers
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by the Author

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Roddy Doyle is the author of eleven novels, two collections of stories, two books of dialogues and Rory & Ita, a memoir of his parents. He has written seven books for children and has contributed to a variety of publications including The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Metro Eireann and several anthologies. He won the Booker Prize in 1993, for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.