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Awards
OverviewJimmy Rabbitte of The Commitments returns in a new novel by Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle Longlisted for the 2015 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlisted for the 2015 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Jimmy Rabbitte is back. The man who invented the Commitments back in the eighties is now forty-seven, with a loving wife, four kids ... and bowel cancer. He isn't dying, he thinks, but he might be. Jimmy still loves his music, and he still loves to hustle. On his path through Dublin he meets two of the Commitments - Outspan, whose own illness is probably terminal, and Imelda Quirk, still as gorgeous as ever. This warm, funny novel is about friendship and family, about facing death and opting for life. Includes the short story Jimmy Jazz Full Product DetailsAuthor: Roddy DoylePublisher: Vintage Publishing Imprint: Vintage Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.245kg ISBN: 9780099587132ISBN 10: 0099587130 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 26 June 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe novel is probably the most contemplative that Doyle has written - as a meditation on the importance of family, it is at times almost unbearably moving. -- Edmund Gordon Sunday Times A visceral tragicomedy - as raw and as funny as anything [Doyle's] written. -- Olivia Cole GQ Remarkable, relevant and, surprisingly for a book that's ostensibly about cancer, joyful. -- Kevin Maher The Times The Guts has life, and heart, and jokes. -- Theo Tait Guardian Bright, jokey, wry and robust. -- Patricia Craig Independent A visceral tragicomedy – as raw and as funny as anything [Doyle’s] written. -- Olivia Cole * GQ * Remarkable, relevant and, surprisingly for a book that’s ostensibly about cancer, joyful. -- Kevin Maher * The Times * Life-affirming and trimphant * Irish Post * A fond, comic treat. * Sunday Times * This is Doyle back in Barrytown and on top form, especially at the festival which closes a glorious book. -- Harry Ritchie * Daily Mail * A visceral tragicomedy - as raw and as funny as anything [Doyle's] written. -- Olivia Cole * GQ * Remarkable, relevant and, surprisingly for a book that's ostensibly about cancer, joyful. -- Kevin Maher * The Times * Life-affirming and trimphant * Irish Post * A fond, comic treat. * Sunday Times * This is Doyle back in Barrytown and on top form, especially at the festival which closes a glorious book. -- Harry Ritchie * Daily Mail * A visceral tragicomedy - as raw and as funny as anything [Doyle's] written. -- Olivia Cole GQ Remarkable, relevant and, surprisingly for a book that's ostensibly about cancer, joyful. -- Kevin Maher The Times Life-affirming and trimphant Irish Post A fond, comic treat. Sunday Times This is Doyle back in Barrytown and on top form, especially at the festival which closes a glorious book. -- Harry Ritchie Daily Mail Author InformationRoddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of twelve acclaimed novels including The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van and Smile, two collections of short stories, and Rory & Ita, a memoir about his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |