The Commitments

Author Roddy Doyle
Narrator Laurence Kinlan
Publisher Random House
Publish Date 8 August 2013
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

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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