Star Called Henry by Doyle, Roddy - 1999-01-01

Penguin Random House. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Penguin Random House. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

Penguin Random House. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London, United Kingdom: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1999. A smaller and cheaper edition of Doyle's novel about Henry Smart. Henry was born in the slums of Dublin in 1902. By the time he could walk he was out robbing, begging, cold and hungry, but a prince of the streets. At 14 he's a soldier in the Irish Citizen Army, fighting for freedom, becoming a legend, a cop killer, an assassin on a stolen bike. First Edition, Second Printing. hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clean Copy.

LONDON.CAPE,1999.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/NMINT.No inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Born in the slums of Dublin in 1901,his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer and settler of scores,Henry Smart has to grow up fast.By the time he can walk he's out robbing,begging,often cold,always hungry,but a prince of the streets.At fourteen,already six foot two,Henry's in the General Post Office on Easter Monday 1916,a soldier in the Irish Citizen Army,fighting for freedom.A year later he's ready to die for Ireland again,a rebel,a Feinian and soon,a killer.With his father's wooden leg as his weapon,Henry becomes a republican legend - one of Michael Collins' boys,a cop killer,an assassin on a stolen bike.A subversive look behind the legends of Irish republicanism,at its centre a passionate love story.Volume 1 of a projected trilogy; 'The Last Roundup'.… Read More

LONDON: CAPE.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0224060570 . First edition. SIGNED by Roddy Doyle on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. (B) .