A Star Called Henry.
by DOYLE**, RODDY:
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- NMINT./NMINT.
- ISBN 10
- 0224060570
- ISBN 13
- 9780224060578
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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'. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
Synopsis
A Star Called Henry (1999) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle. It is Vol. 1 of The Last Roundup series. The second installment of the series, Oh, Play That Thing, was published in 2004.
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- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
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- Title
- A Star Called Henry.
- Author
- DOYLE**, RODDY:
- Book Condition
- Used - NMINT.
- Jacket Condition
- NMINT.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0224060570
- ISBN 13
- 9780224060578
- Publisher
- LONDON.CAPE,1999.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1999
- Keywords
- q52.MODERN FIRSTS.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 0224060570.Modern fiction.Books_Roddy Doyle.Booker Prize_winnwer_nominee_short-listed_runners up.Irish fiction.Irish Republicanism fiction.Irish Citizen Army.Michael Collins.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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