A Star Called Henry: Volume One of The Last Roundup.
by Doyle, Roddy
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0224060198
- ISBN 13
- 9780224060196
- Seller
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1999 0224060198. First edition. First Printing. Complete numberline.. VG/VG. 8vo - over 7 3/4 " - 9 3/4 " tall. 343pp.,Neat little sticker printed with previous owner's details at top edge of title page. Otherwise no inscriptions or annotations. Black cloth with silver titles to spine, hardback in as new condition. Unclipped illustrated dustwrapper a little rubbed and reinforced to extremities, An historical novel like none before it. "A star called Henry" marks a new chapter in Roddy Doyle's writing. 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. .A subversive look behind the legends of Irish republicanism, at its centre a passionate love story, this is a triumphant work of fiction. .
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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- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1889
- Title
- A Star Called Henry: Volume One of The Last Roundup.
- Author
- Doyle, Roddy
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0224060198
- ISBN 13
- 9780224060196
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Irish Revolution 1916 History Love Roddy Doyle Dublin Slums Post Office Connolly Collins De Valera Executions Kilmainham Gaol Black And Tans War of Independence QSE
Terms of Sale
David Edward Hellawell
I will refund the cost if the book is returned within 7 days with details of where the description was faulty.
About the Seller
David Edward Hellawell
Biblio member since 2007
Bromsgrove, West Midlands
About David Edward Hellawell
Professor Emeritus now selling off the stock of a lifetime.
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