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A star called Henry

A star called Henry

by Roddy Doyle

1999FictionYoung menRevolutionariesGuerrillasHistory
4.7
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Doyle at his best- his portrait of turn-of-the-century Dublin's dark side is masterful. There is a Dickensian richness to language and character' The TimesBorn 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.

Themes & subjects

FictionYoung menRevolutionariesGuerrillasHistoryPeople with social disabilities
First published 1999

Setting

IrelandDublinIrlandeDublin (Ireland)Easter Rising, 191620th century1916 (révolte de Pâques)

About the author

Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle

1958

Photo: By Christoph Rieger [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons

Author

Roddy Doyle

First published

1999

Pages

352

Read time

≈ 9h

Editions

28

Languages

English, German, Dutch

Publisher

Penguin Random House

ISBN

9781407017884

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