by Roddy Doyle · TEA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788878187214
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«I Commitments» is the contemporary fiction novel by Roddy Doyle, published by TEA in paperback (156 pages, in Italian).
Set in the working-class neighbourhood of Barrytown, Dublin, it tells how a group of young people forms a soul and rhythm and blues band inspired by the greats of the genre. Among them are Jimmy Rabbitte, the manager, trumpeter Joey The Lips and singer Deco; their story mixes successes and disasters, friendships and fights, loves and abandonments.
First instalment of the Barrytown trilogy; Italian edition of 2000. Original title: The Commitments; translation by Giuliana Zeuli.
Suitable for readers of contemporary fiction and for those who enjoy stories of music, humour and portraits of a neighbourhood.
Roderick Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
