A Star Called Henry
1999 • 343 pages

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"Born in the slums of Dublin in 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, begging, 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."--BOOK JACKET.

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#1 in The Last Roundup

The Last Roundup is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1999 with contributions by Roddy Doyle, Ruth Wind, and Barbara Samuel.

A Star Called Henry
Oh, Play That Thing
Beautiful Stranger

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