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  <title><![CDATA[The Commitments]]></title>
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  <default-description>Barrytown, Dublin, has something to sing about. The Commitments are spreading the gospel of the soul. Ably managed by Jimmy Rabitte, brilliantly coached by Joel 'The Lips' Fagan, their twin assault on Motown and Barrytown takes them by leaps and bounds from Paris Hall to immortality on vinyl. But can The Commitments live up to their name?</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1987</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>The Commitments</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Roddy Doyle]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This bracing, funny, honest, and charming first novel tracks the brief existence of The Commitments, a working-class Dublin band bent on bringing soul to the people. Fortunately for Outspan and Derek, who've decided to form And, And!, And, a syntho-pop cover band (as soon as they get the money to bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17146987">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had this book begun and done before I even had a chance to mark it as &quot;currently reading.&quot; It took me about 3 days, which is about 3 hours in normal non-baby-raising reading time. The majority of the book is dialogue, song lyrics, and rhythm licks (DUHH DUHH DUUUUHHH), so it moves pretty...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73121241">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[brilliant! though you end up thinking in an irish accent]]></body>
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    <review id="38850859">
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    <body><![CDATA[Greatness is often ephemeral. Youth is fickle. It's such a brilliant story. I just love it...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Commitments is a small band formed in Dublin by a group of young and unemployed folks.  Their one goal in life is to bring SOUL to Dublin.  The biggest problem is the leading members really don't know that much about music history, so they hire a friend to manage them and help create the image t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64910184">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fantastic for music lovers. A real short and snappy book. The movie is also fantastic, as you get to hear the music along with the dialog. Booktalk from library school below. <br/><br/>The Commitments, by Roddy Doyle<br/><br/>(Standing, with Irish accent)“Say it once, say it loud, I’m black ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7293475">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved the movie; play the soundtrack CDs over and over; and now that I discover it's a part of a series, I'm out to read some Roddy Doyle. This, his first book, was very, very good, but the movie was an excellent rendition and perhaps a bit more immediate (it's hard to get the feel of Declan Blank...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69337726">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It took awhile for me to get use to Roddy Doyle's style(no quotation marks or chapters), but once I did I enjoyed this book. I wish the characters were more developed and that Doyle refrained from using the n-word. Definitely see the 1991 film to get the full effect of the music and for a less predi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51037023">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hilarious.  Just so funny from the first page to the end.  A bit too short and it was impossible to tell who was talking during scenes of the rambling conversations but some of the characters are terrific.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I saw the movie way before I read any of his books, and I think because I liked the movie so much that I am bias about this particular story.  Its funny and quirky and good...]]></body>
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    <review id="71808841">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you love the movie; if you love classic soul; if you love the excitement of raw youth; this is the book you have to read.<br/><br/>Cuz I got so-o-o-o-oul.... and I'm supabad.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great laugh! The whole trilogy (The Snapper and The Van) are just fantastic books. I recommend reading them in English, although the Irish accent is sometimes very hard. ]]></body>
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    <review id="63956125">
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    <body><![CDATA[Books&amp;Music: James Brown (It's a man's, man's, man's world, Sex machine, Night Train, Super Bad), Eddie Floyd (Knock on Wood), Sam Cooke (Chain Gang), The Byrds (I feel a Whole Lot Better) ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was a bit difficult getting into the Irish dialect, but once I grasped it, the book was great fun. I could feel their desire to be part of something that's going somewhere, that's full of possibility. A band might not be a ticket out of the working class life, but it sure is something different.]]></body>
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    <review id="51522748">
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    <body><![CDATA[The whole Barrytown trilogy is great fun. You have got to see the movie though. Good fun - great music. It is one I watch over and over again.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hilarious book. I laughed out loud more than once. The movie follows it pretty closely--a bunch of working class kids put a band together in Dublin. Very funny. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A really nice evocation of young guys forming a band (though it would be hard to lie, I think, if you weren't pretty familiar with Motown classics). How I want to reach &quot;Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha&quot; and reread &quot;The Snapper&quot; and whatever else Doyle has written. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great laugh and very enjoyable......<br/><br/>It did bring the Corrs to the world!....<br/><br/>Can we ever forgive Alan Parker?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first book in The Barrytown Trilogy. It's a quick read, and funny- I laughed out loud several times. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Think you're the only one with a dysfunctional family? Think again! Very sad, funny and relational story that everyone can relate to.]]></body>
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