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 opting for life.

Includes the short story Jimmy Jazz

Jimmy Rabbitte of The Commitments returns in a new novel by Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle Longlisted for the 2015 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

About the Author
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
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 on top form, especially at the festival which closes a glorious book. -- Harry Ritchie * Daily Mail *


Awards
Winner of Bord G is Energy Irish Book Awards - Eason Novel of the Year 2013 (UK). Long-listed for I.M.P.A.C. Dublin Award 2015 (UK).



Book Information
ISBN 9780099587132
Author Roddy Doyle
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Vintage
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 245g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 21mm