num_pages: 165
description: This funky, rude, unpretentious first novel traces the short, funny, and furious career of a group of working-class Irish kids who form a band, The Commitments. Their mission: to bring soul to Dublin!
language: English
title: The Commitments
titlecomplete: The Commitments
genres: Fiction, Ireland, Music, Comedy, Humor, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Irish Literature, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 16063
places: Ireland, Dublin, Barrytown
series: Jimmy Rabbitte, The Barrytown Trilogy
publisher: Vintage