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A star called Henry / Book 1

Born 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.

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  • "A star called Henry"@it
  • "Last roundup"
  • "Last roundup"@en

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  • "Born 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."@en
  • "Henry Smart encounters many strange and intriguing characters as he grows up in Dublin at the beginning of the twentieth century."@en
  • "A subversive look behind the legends of Irish Republicanism."@en
  • "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."
  • "Eine Sternschnuppe schoss über den schwarzen Himmel Dublins. Wo waren die drei Weisen aus dem Morgenland? Wo waren die Schafe und die Hirten? Sie hatten es verpasst, die verdammten Trottel. Sie folgten dem falschen Stern; sie hatten die Geburt von Henry Smart verpasst, meine, die Geburt des einen, einzigen Henry S. Smart. Mitten in die Slums von Dublin wird Henry 1901 hineingeboren. Sein Vater ist Rausschmeisser im Bordell und berühmt dafür, blitzartig mit seinem Holzbein Störenfriede niederzuschlagen. Seine Familie kann er davon nur schlecht ernähren, besonders den kleinen, immer hungrigen Henry. Aber Henry ist stark. Er wird ein kleiner König der Strasse - verdreckt, gewitzt und ganz auf sich gestellt. Dann ist er beim Osteraufstand 1916 dabei, kämpft für die Freiheit Irlands. Und er findet seine Liebe: Miss O'Shea, die ihm einst das Lesen beibrachte und die jetzt an seiner Seite in die IRA eintritt. Henry verübt Anschläge und Morde auf Befehl. Er ist ein Rebell auf dem gestohlenen Fahrrad. Aber schließlich muss er erkennen, dass er immer nur ein Handlanger für andere war."
  • "A travers le personnage du titre, de sa petite enfance à vingt ans, s'élabore une fresque en trilogie sur l'histoire de l'autonomie de l'Irlande. Bien documenté, ce récit dépeint bien les enjeux politiques à l'époque de Michael Collins et les premiers pas vers la libération. [SDM]."
  • "De zoon van een uitsmijter van een bordeel in Dublin vertelt over zijn leven vanaf zijn geboorte in 1902 tot en met de Burgeroorlog in de jaren twintig."
  • "A lustily detailed story of want and woe that easily outdistances Angela's Ashes."
  • ""In 'A Star Called Henry,' his most enchanting and prodigious novel to date, Roddy Doyle introduces Henry Smart. Born in a small, mean room at the beginning of the twentieth century, precocious Henry transforms himself into a larger-than-life figure. He lives through the evolution of modern Ireland, and eagerly, brilliantly, tells his story....At once an epic, and a portrait of Irish history, 'A Star Called Henry' is a grand picaresque novel brimming with comic moments and poignant ones, and told in a voice that is both quintessentially Irish and inimitably Roddy Doyle's.""@en
  • "An IRA terrorist who fought for Irish independence in 1910s Dublin tells his story. He is Henry Smart, son of a brothel bouncer, who becomes a street urchin after his father goes to jail and his mother turns senile. He joins the movement and rises in its ranks to participate in the 1916 Easter Rising, including the famous attack on the post office."
  • "An IRA terrorist who fought for Irish independence in 1910s Dublin tells his story. He is Henry Smart, son of a brothel bouncer, who becomes a street urchin after his father goes to jail and his mother turns senile. He joins the movement and rises in its ranks to participate in the 1916 Easter Rising, including the famous attack on the post office."@en
  • "Title. Series: Doyle, Roddy, 1958- Last roundup."@en
  • "The Last Roundup Vol 1."

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  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Love stories"@en
  • "Love stories"
  • "Powieść irlandzka w języku angielskim"@pl
  • "Bildungsromans"
  • "Bildungsromans"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Lehrmittel"
  • "Translations"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "Una stella di nome Henry"@it
  • "Una stella di nome Henry"
  • "A star called Henry / Book 1"@en
  • "Una estrella llamada Henry"@es
  • "A Star Called Henry: Volume 1 Of The Last Roundup"
  • "Una Estrella llamada Henry"
  • "La légende d'Henry Smart : roman"
  • "A Star called Henry"
  • "A star called Henry, 1. The last roundup"
  • "En stjerne ved navn Henry"@en
  • "Nimeni on Hanry Smart"
  • "En stjerne ved navn Henry"
  • "En stjerne ved navn Henry"@da
  • "Una estrella que es diu Henry"
  • "De ster Henry Smart"
  • "A star called henry"@en
  • "A star called Henry : volume one of The Last Roundup"@en
  • "Henry der Held : Roman"
  • "A star called Henry : volume one of the last roundup"@en
  • "A star called Henry : volume one of the last roundup"
  • "A Star Called Henry"
  • "A star called Henry. [1]"@en
  • "A star called Henry : volume one of The last roundup"@en
  • "La légende d'Henry Smart"
  • "Una Estrella que es diu Henry"@ca
  • "A star called Henry : Last roundup, #1"@en
  • "Un heroe llamado Henry"@es
  • "Hena asteri pou to elegan Chenri"
  • "La légende d'Harry Smart"
  • "Un héro llamado Henry"
  • "Una stella di nome Henry : romanzo"@it
  • "Henry der Held Roman"
  • "A star called Henry. Vol. 1, The last roundup"@en
  • "Gwiazda zwana Henry"@pl
  • "Gwiazda zwana Henry"
  • "Star Called Henry, A"
  • "The last roundup / 1 A star called Henry"
  • "Nimeni on Henry Smart"@fi
  • "A star called Henry"
  • "A star called Henry"@en

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