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A Star Called Henry

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''A masterpiece'' Irish Times''Exhilarating'' Daily TelegraphBorn in the Dublin slums of 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 and begging, often cold and always hungry, but a prince of the streets. By Easter Monday, 1916, he''s fourteen years old and already six-foot-two, a soldier in the Irish Citizen Army. A year later he''s ready to die for Ireland again, a rebel, a Fenian and 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.Pre-order Roddy Doyle''s latest novel THE WOMEN BEHIND THE DOOR now.

Book Details
EAN:
9780099284482
Binding:
Paperback
Dimensions(mm):
197 x 134 x 23 mm
Publication Date:
2000-09-07
Publisher:
Publication Country:
GB