October Monthly Read: The Commitments

[Kevin]

Loved the film, so it will be interesting to see if the book is the same, which I'm almost sure it will be :)

[Paul]

I'm going to try start thus in the next week or so. Loved the film , especially the musuc so I'm curious as to how good the book is without the brilliant music.

[Cathy]

Yes, I too saw the film, but it was a long time ago now. So it will be
interesting to read the book.
Personally, I feel it is always better to read the book first, but will have to wait and see. Not sure when I'll get round to reading it, but will put it on my to read list.

[Diane]

This book had a tremendous amount of colloquial slang that I think I understood from the context of the conversation. I have the feeling that I may be happy that some of it I misinterpreted.
:-)
I haven't seen the movie but our library does carry it. Will I understand it? Slang is easier to understand when read than when listening to rapid fire conversations on film.

[Diane]

Emma wrote: "Actually on that note, if anyone is confused by any of the terms just ask.

I think you will Diane, having read it already and the music in it is very good. It may well come with subtitles anyway g..."

Thanks

[Paul]

The Van was made as well . Colm Meany stars suprise suprise.

[Kevin]

It feels like you only started it an hour ago! :)

[Allan]

Emma, you'll find that you'll fly through The Snapper as well. I was expecting Jimmy to have a larger role in that one than he did, and it's interesting how little overlap there is between the two books. I'll be aiming to start The Van soon, and am really looking forward to retuning to the Rabitte clan! :)

[Allan]

Emma, you'll find that you'll fly through The Snapper as well. I was expecting Jimmy to have a larger role in that one than he did, and it's interesting how little overlap there is between the two books. I'll be aiming to start The Van soon, and am really looking forward to retuning to the Rabitte clan! :)

[Cathleen]

My local bookstore called yesterday to let me know that the Barrytown Trilogy had arrived :) I'm looking forward to picking it up and starting to read it, especially after all these good comments.

[Cathleen]

I had a few moments today, so I found these interviews with Roddy Doyle.

http://columbiajournal.org/wp-content...

http://www.themillions.com/2014/03/wh...

And...I even made it home from work before 6 pm, so I could scoot into the bookshop and pick up my book. It's Thursday and life is good :)

[Allan]

Great stuff, Cathleen! I'll be aiming to post in these threads over the weekend myself. I hope you enjoy the books! :)

[Clare]

When the film of The Snapper was being made, the team did not want it to be overshadowed by the link to The Commitments so the surname of the family was changed to Curley. However the trilogy was written about the same family, the Rabbites.

[Clare]

Some of the lines from The Commitments are classic and still much loved; I have quoted from it in my science fiction, which is an alternative future look at London and Dublin. I decided that an Irish character who enjoyed his heritage would surely have brought Roddy Doyle's book with him to London. There are parallels to urban decay in cities everywhere, so in a way this is a book not just about Dubliners but about young people everywhere trying to find a way to survive economic and personal depression.

[Trelawn]

plausible deniability would be my guess. He possibly didn't want people thinking his characters were based on real people, even if they were. Easier to say fictional town, therefore fictional characters so nobody gets to be offended by, or take credit for, hos characters.