Jimmy Rabbitte of The Commitments returns in a new novel by
Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle
Longlisted for the 2015 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
Jimmy Rabbitte of The Commitments returns in a wonderful new novel by Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle
Roddy 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.
A visceral tragicomedy – as raw and as funny as anything [Doyle’s]
written.
*GQ*
Remarkable, relevant and, surprisingly for a book that’s ostensibly
about cancer, joyful.
*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.
*Daily Mail*
The Guts has life, and heart, and jokes.
*Guardian*
The 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.
*Sunday Times*
Bright, jokey, wry and robust.
*Independent*
Unchanged is Doyle’s miraculous ability to serve up dialogue that
fizzes with great, often quite rude jokes – but never at the
expense of the emotions lying behind them.
*Reader's Digest*
As one does with old friends, you leap right back into the
conversation as if you’ve never been apart... It’s got a
bittersweet humour all its own.
*Toronto Star*
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
