Description
| Product ID: | 9780099284482 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | A Star Called Henry |
| Authors: | Author: Roddy Doyle |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | Historical fiction, Historical fiction, Ireland, 20th century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2000-09-07 |
