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The Guts
Roddy Doyle
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Description for The Guts
Paperback. Jimmy Rabbitte is back. The man who invented the Commitments 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. 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. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099587132
SKU
V9780099587132
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About 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.
Reviews for The Guts
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more