Roddy Doyle: A Star Called Henry
A Star Called Henry
Buch
- Penguin Random House Sea, 10/2004
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780143034612
- Bestellnummer: 6271965
- Umfang: 400 Seiten
- Gewicht: 295 g
- Maße: 196 x 130 mm
- Stärke: 20 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 5.10.2004
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Klappentext
An historical novel like none before it, A Star Called Henry marks a new chapter in Booker Prize-winner Roddy Doyle's writing. It is a vastly more ambitious book than any he has previously written. A subversive look behind the legends of Irish republicanism, at its centre a passionate love story, this new novel is a triumphant work of fiction.Born in the slums of Dublin in 1902, 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, begging, charming, often cold, always hungry, but a prince of the streets. At fourteen, already six foot two, Henry's in the General Post Office on Easter Monday 1916, a soldier in the Irish Citizen Army, fighting for freedom. A year later he's ready to die for Ireland again, a rebel, a Fenian, and, soon, 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, a lover.
"From the Hardcover edition.