A Star Called Henry
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Born in the Dublin slums of 1901, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer and settler of scores, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. With his father's wooden leg as his weapon, Henry becomes a Republi...
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Forlagsbeskrivelse af A Star Called Henry af Roddy Doyle
Born in the Dublin slums of 1901, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer and settler of scores, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. 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 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.
Detaljer
Forlag
Vintage
ISBN
9780099284482
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
352
Udgivelsesdato
07-09-2000
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
1537071
EAN nr.
9780099284482
Varegruppe
Fiction
Højde/Dybde (mm)
134
Bredde (mm)
197
Længde (mm)
23
Vægt (g)
246