Authors @ Amazon: Roddy Doyle, on reviving Jimmy Rabbitte in The Guts @AmazonBooks
Authors @ Amazon: Roddy Doyle, on reviving Jimmy Rabbitte in The Guts @AmazonBooks
Uploaded February 2014 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Roddy Doyle stopped by our Amazon Books studio to discuss his latest novel, The Guts, in which he brings back the character of Jimmy Rabbitte from his acclaimed debut, The Commitments. "I started thinking: well, what would they be doing now in this new recession? ... How would they be getting on? So I decided to add a quarter century to his age."
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Authors @ Amazon: Roddy Doyle, on reviving Jimmy Rabbitte in "The Guts"

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