num_pages: 343
description: 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.
language: English
title: A Star Called Henry
titlecomplete: A Star Called Henry (Book #1)
characters: Countess Markievicz, Maria Climanis, Miss O'Shea, Michael Collins, Éamon de Valera, Dick McKee, Patrick Pearse, Melody Nash, Henry Smart, Dolly Oblong, Piano Annie, Ivan Reynolds, Thomas Patrick Ashe, Victor Smart, Edward VII, Henry Smart, snr., Cathal Brugha, Granny Nash, Arthur Griffith, David Climanis, James Connolly, Alfie Gandon, Mr Costello
genres: Historical, Ireland, War, Novels, Irish Literature, Literature, School, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 9396
places: Dublin, Ireland
series: The Last Roundup
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Viking