The Commitments - Couverture souple

Doyle, Roddy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0679721746 ISBN 13 : 9780679721741

Editeur : Vintage, 1989

Synopsis

Book by Doyle Roddy

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Revue de presse :

"A contender for the funniest debut of the year...young, feisty, funky, rude, unpretentious and great fun" (Time Out)

"Brilliant...it pushes Irish English to wonderful imaginative extremes" (.)

"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." (Image)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Vintage
• Date d'édition: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0679721746
• ISBN 13: 9780679721741
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176