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A Star Called Henry

A Star Called Henry - Paperback

by Roddy Doyle
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Availability:In StockContributor:Roddy DoyleSeries:Last Roundup #1Audience:Young AdultPublish date:2004-10-05Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143034612ISBN-10:143034618UPC:9780143034612Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Sagas, Coming of AgeSize:7.70 x 5.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCA4FEJM2R
Roddy Doyle's acclaimed novel about an intrepid Irishman's years of reckless heroism and adventure - "An extraordinarily entertaining epic." (The Washington Post)

Born at the beginning of the twentieth century, Henry Smart lives through the evolution of modern Ireland, and in this extraordinary novel he brilliantly tells his story. From his own birth and childhood on the streets of Dublin to his role as soldier (and lover) in the Irish Rebellion, Henry recounts his early years of reckless heroism and adventure. At once an epic, a love story, and a portrait of Irish history, A Star Called Henry is a grand picaresque novel brimming with both poignant moments and comic ones, and told in a voice that is both quintessentially Irish and inimitably Roddy Doyle's.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143034612ISBN-10:143034618UPC:9780143034612Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Sagas, Coming of AgeSize:7.70 x 5.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCA4FEJM2R
Roddy Doyle is an internationally bestselling writer. His first three novels--The Commitments, The Snapper, and the 1991 Booker Prize finalist The Van--are known as The Barrytown Trilogy. He is also the author of the novels Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993 Booker Prize winner), The Woman Who Walked into Doors, and A Star Called Henry, and a non-fiction book about his parents, Rory & Ita. Doyle has also written for the stage and the screen: the plays Brownbread, War, Guess Who's Coming for the Dinner, and The Woman Who Walked Into Doors; the film adaptations of The Commitments (as co-writer), The Snapper, and The Van; When Brendan Met Trudy (an original screenplay); the four-part television series Family for the BBC; and the television play Hell for Leather. Roddy Doyle has also written the children's books The Giggler Treatment, Rover Saves Christmas, and The Meanwhile Adventures and contributed to a variety of publications including The New Yorker magazine and several anthologies. He lives in Dublin.
Publisher: Penguin Books

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