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Summary
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.
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My mother looked up at the stars.
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- Title Star Called Henry
- Author Roddy Doyle
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random, London
- Publication date September 1, 2005
- ISBN 9780099284482 / 0099284480
- Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.08 x 0.73 in (19.81 x 12.90 x 1.85 cm)
- Category Fiction - Historical
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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