A Star Called Henry
Author(s): Roddy Doyle
A historical tale marking a new turn in Doyle's writing. Born in the slums of Dublin in 1902, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. He eventually becomes a Fenian, a rebel, a republican legend - one of Michael Collins's boys, an assassin on a stolen bike.
Product Information
Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of five previous novels, The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha and The Woman Who Walked into Doors. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Random House
- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : 0.25
- : September 0000
- : 198mm X 129mm X 22mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Roddy Doyle
- : Paperback
- : New edition
- : English
- : 823.914
- : good
- : 352
- : Modern fiction