His comic novel The Commitments gave working-class Dublin its voice " and became a hit film. As the stage version returns to theatres, does Doyle still recognise the foul-mouthed young author who wrote it? There is a speech in Roddy Doyle's 1987 novel, The Commitments, I've long wanted to ask him about. "The Irish are the N-words of Europe, lads," the band's manager, Jimmy Rabbitte, tells his charges. He's trying to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AM on September 9, 2022