''The Guts'' is a 2013 novel by
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
writer
Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle (born 8 May 1958) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been ma ...
. The novel returns to Barrytown where Jimmy Rabbitte, Outspan, and Imelda are 30 years older and have all changed – but not all that much.
Premise
Jimmy Rabbitte is back with some old friends, but time has moved on for all of them. The man who created the soul band, ''
The Commitments'', is now forty-seven, with a loving wife, four children, and bowel cancer. He is not dying, he thinks, but he might be.
Reception
In November 2013, the novel was named Novel of the Year at the 2013
Irish Book Awards
The Irish Book Awards are Irish literary awards given annually to books and authors in various categories. In 2018 An Post took over sponsorship of the awards from Bord Gais Energy. It is the only literary award supported by all-Irish bookstores. ...
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References
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2013 Irish novels
Novels by Roddy Doyle
Sequel novels
Novels set in Dublin (city)
Literature about cancer
Jonathan Cape books