Synopsis
A follow-up to The Commitments finds a middle-aged Jimmy battling cancer and reconnecting with his musical past by tracking down the resurrected albums of old bands, practicing the trumpet, reuniting with his long-lost brother and rediscovering the joys of fatherhood. (historical fiction).
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Review
"Characters so present you could pinch yourself black and blue and they'd still be standing right there in front of you. Sad, saucy, lyrical, hilarious, tragic, honest and wise. Put on your crash helmet and hold your heart in your fist, you're in for a ride. Doyle is a singular voice. And this book sings. Alive, alive-oh!" --Lisa Moore, author of "February" and "Caught
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"Everything old is new again in Roddy Doyle's latest novel, "The Guts". There is a knack to breaking the reader's heart and making them laugh out loud with the same sentence. Roddy Doyle and a few other writers have it. This book made me bust--yes, a GUT--and darn near broke, and certainly stole, my heart. Beautiful stuff from a great writer and a cast of characters who are not what they used to be: they're even better." --Wayne Johnston, author of "The Son of a Certain Woman
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"The Commitments have returned to haunt our middle age. The financial challenges, health woes and marital quandaries of mid-life have rarely been this funny or this touching." --Don Gillmor, author of "Mount Pleasant"
Book Description
Jimmy Rabbitte of The Commitments returns in a new novel by Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle
Longlisted for the 2015 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
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