The Commitments
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The Commitments

Roddy Doyle
3.92
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An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. This funky, rude, unpretentious first novel traces the short, funny, and furious career of a group of working-class Irish kids who form a band, The Commitments. Their mission: to bring soul to Dublin!
Genres: FictionIrelandMusicIrish LiteratureHumorContemporaryComedyNovelsLiteratureLiterary Fiction
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