The Commitments
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- 6 uur lezen
En flok unge arbejdsløse fra Dublin beslutter sig til at danne et band, men indbyrdes modsætninger får det hele til at ramle sammen, lige inden den første pladekontrakt er i hus.
De Barrytown Trilogie Reeks
Deze trilogie schetst op humoristische en inzichtelijke wijze het leven van de arbeidersklasse in een buitenwijk van Dublin. Het volgt de reis van ambitieuze jongeren die het alledaagse willen ontvluchten via muziek en cultuur. De serie blinkt uit in zijn authentieke dialogen, warme personages en een scherpzinnige kijk op de Ierse samenleving. Het is een viering van gemeenschap, dromen en veerkracht ondanks tegenspoed.
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The Snapper
- 216bladzijden
- 8 uur lezen
From the Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, the follow up to his acclaimed debut novel The Commitments Twenty-year-old Sharon Rabbitte is pregnant. She's also unmarried, living at home, working in a grocery store, and keeping the father's identity a secret. Her own father, Jimmy Sr., is shocked by the news. Her mother says very little. Her friends and neighbors all want to know whose "snapper" Sharon is carrying.In his sparkling second novel, Roddy Doyle observes the progression of Sharon's pregnancy and its impact on the Rabbitte family—especially on Jimmy Sr.—with wit, candor, and surprising authenticity.
De bus
- 378bladzijden
- 14 uur lezen
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr. is unemployed, spending his days alone and miserable. When his best friend, Bimbo, also gets laid off, they keep by being miserable together. Things seem to look up when they buy a decrepit fish-and-chip van and go into business, selling cheap grub to the drunk and the hungry--and keeping one step ahead of the environmental health officers.
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