The Commitments
- Author Roddy Doyle
- Narrator Laurence Kinlan
- Publisher Random House
- Run Time 3 hours and 39 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place.
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What to expect
Barrytown, Dublin, has something to sing about. The Commitments are spreading the gospel of the 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 Paris Hall to immortality on vinyl. But can The Commitments live up to their name?
Critics Review
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A contender for the funniest debut of the year…young, feisty, funky, rude, unpretentious and great fun
Time Out -
An Irish version of The Blues Brothers…authentic and brilliantly funny
Literary Review -
An absurd comedy of the commonplace…a charming, truthful and immensely funny story which leaves you gasping for more
Sunday Times -
One of my favourite trilogies ever, nobody makes hard times as funny as Irish author Roddy Doyle… Beloved classics… The stories will be a balm to your bruised soul.
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Brilliant…it pushes Irish English to wonderful imaginative extremes
Tom Paulin
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