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In the 1980s Jimmy formed the Commitments, a collective of Irish youths wanting to bring soul music to Dublin. Jimmy is now approaching fifty with a loving wife, four kids, and a recent cancer diagnosis that leaves him shattered and scared. He still loves his music-his new thing is finding old bands and the fans devoted enough to pay for their albums. As he battles his illness, Jimmy manages to reconnect with his own past, such as Commitments guitarist Liam and beautiful vocalist Imelda.
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"A warm comedy about mortality, nostalgia, friendship and family life."
The Guardian
"It's easy now to forget just what an impact...[The Commitments] and its two successors had on an Irish reading public... Their existence had largely been ignored in 20th Century Irish literature and it was Doyle's great achievement that he not only gave them voice but made them his abiding subject. And he did this without a trace of condescension... There's a lot that's entertaining about The Gut
Irish Independent
"The Commitments have returned to haunt our middle age. The financial challenges, health woes and marital quandaries of mid-life have rarely been this funny or this touching."
Don Gillmor, author of Mount Pleasant
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