The Guts

The Guts by Roddy Doyle
 122 pages read of 328

I will admit that I was disappointed not to finish this book since it seemed so promising but Doyle's style of writing made it impossible for me to enjoy.  The sequel to the Commitments (a great movie by the way), The Guts is a continuation of the story of Jimmy Rabbitte.  However Doyle doesn't write dialog in the usual "she said,  he said "what he said" manner.  Instead dialogue is a dashed with the reader left to figure out who is talking.  This combined with very little descriptive narrative leaves the reader frustrated and makes it impossible to enjoy the story. When you have three characters called Jimmy having a conversation,  you'll want to throw the book across the room.
This book is more a screenplay than a novel.