num_pages: 400
description: Roddy Doyle’s acclaimed novel about an intrepid Irishman’s years of reckless heroism and adventure – “An extraordinarily entertaining epic.” ( The Washington Post )Look for Roddy Doyle’s new novel, Smile , coming in October of 2017Born 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: English
title: A Star Called Henry: A Novel
titlecomplete: A Star Called Henry: A Novel (The Last Roundup)
characters: Victor Smart, Edward VII, Arthur Griffith, Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, Mr Costello, Piano Annie, Cathal Brugha, Miss O'Shea, Dolly Oblong, Henry Smart, snr., Thomas Patrick Ashe, Maria Climanis, Melody Nash, Ivan Reynolds, Dick McKee, Granny Nash, Éamon de Valera, Henry Smart, David Climanis, Michael Collins, Countess Markievicz, Alfie Gandon
genres: Fiction, Ireland, Historical, War, School, Literature, Novels, Irish Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 9393
places: Ireland, Dublin
series: The Last Roundup
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Penguin Books