The Commitments
1988, the first UK edition
Author
Roddy Doyle
Publisher
William Heinemann, London, 1988
Printing Details
First UK edition. Paperback. 19.5x 12.5cm, 165pp. This paperback was the first UK issue of The Commitments, after Dublin's King Farouk edition of 1987.
The Commitments are a band with a mission: bringing soul to Dublin. Led by Jimmy Rabitte, a young man with ambition, coached by Joey "The Lips" Fagan, an old man with a trumpet, protected by Mickah Wallace, owner of the most feared forehead in Barrytown.
Condition
Good condition, but the pages are quite heavily tanned, and with light wear to the spine.
ISBN
9780434204144