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020 $a9780670016433 (hbk.) :$cNT$980$
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050 00$aPR6054.O95$bG88 2014
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100 1 $aDoyle, Roddy,$d1958-
245 14$aThe guts /$cRoddy Doyle.
260 $aNew York :$bViking,$c2014.
300 $a327 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $a"Jimmy Rabbitte of The Commitments returns in the triumphant new novel from the Booker Prize-winning author The distinct wit and lively, authentic dialogue that are the hallmarks of Roddy Doyle's fiction are on a full display as he reintroduces Jimmy Rabbitte in this follow-up to his beloved debut novel The Commitments. In the 1980s Jimmy Rabbitte formed the Commitments, a ragtag, blue-collar collective of Irish youths determined to bringthe soul music stylings of James Brown and Percy Sledge toDublin. Time proves a great equalizer for Jimmy as he's now approaching fifty with a loving wife, four kids, and arecent cancer diagnosis that leaves him feeling shattered and frightened. Jimmy still loves his music, and he still loves to hustle-his new thing is finding old bands and then finding the people who loved them enough to pay for their resurrected albums. As he battles his illness on hispath through Dublin, Jimmy manages to reconnect with his own past, most notably Commitments guitarist Liam "Outspan" Foster and the still beautiful backup vocalist Imelda Quirk. Jimmy also learns the trumpet, reunites withhis long-lost brother, and rediscovers the joys of fatherhood. An immensely funny and poignant novel, The Guts captures friendship, family, the power of music, the specter of death, and the zeal for life"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"A triumphant return to the characters of Booker Prize-winning writer Roddy Doyle's breakout first novel, The Commitments, now older, wiser, up against cancer and midlife. Jimmy Rabbitte is back. The man who invented the Commitments back in the 1980s is now 47, with a loving wife, 4 kids...and bowel cancer. He isn't dying, he thinks,but he might be. Jimmy still loves his music, and he stillloves to hustle--his new thing is finding old bands and then finding the people who loved them enough to pay moneyonline for their resurrected singles and albums. On his path through Dublin, between chemo and work he meets two of the Commitments--Outspan Foster, whose own illness is probably terminal, and Imelda Quirk, still as gorgeous as ever. He is reunited with his long-lost brother, Les, and learns to play the trumpet.... This warm, funny novel is about friendship and family, about facing death and optingfor life"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0$aCancer$xPatients$vFiction.
650 0$aMiddle age$vFiction.
650 0$aMusic fans$vFiction.
650 0$aFamilies$vFiction.
650 0$aFriendship$vFiction.
655 0$aPsychological fiction.