A Star Called Henry by Irish writer Roddy Doyle is a rare find: a book that blends a genuine language, a unique narrative structure, and an amazing story. Told from a first person, past tense omnipresent perspective, the reader is led along a remembered past full of historical dramatic irony with glimpses into a mysterious future.
A STAR CALLED HENRY
A STAR CALLED HENRY. Absolutely extraordinary. Readers who thought Doyle had outdone himself with the deftly juxtaposed comedy and drama in his... The much-loved Irish author ( The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, 1996, etc.) breaks impressive new ground with this masterly portrayal of the making of an IRA terrorist - the first volume of a ...
'A Star Called Henry': Enslaved, With Abandon, to Irish Independence
The flammable personality of Doyle's comically mournful new novel, "A Star Called Henry," is a young buck from Dublin, born at the beginning of the century, who is swept into the zany violence of the war for Irish independence. His name is Henry Smart, and he is heedless and handsome, a lover and a gangster, a man who rages, murders and ...
A Star Called Henry
A Star Called Henry. by Roddy Doyle. Publication Date: September 1, 2000. Paperback: 384 pages. Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) ISBN-10: 0140296131. ISBN-13: 9780140296136. Born in the slums, raised on the streets, caught up in the fight for a free Ireland at the age of fourteen, Henry Smart is, indisputably, a survivor.
A Star Called Henry Reader's Guide
A Star Called Henry gives some hints, but this novel is really only the beginning of the Henry Smart story. Roddy Doyle plans to make Henry's tale a trilogy. ... Narrated with a splendor, wit, and excitement that lift Doyle's writing to a new level." —The New York Times Book Review (front page review) "Doyle vividly portrays the wild ...
Roddy and the ragged-trousered revolutionary
Review: A Star Called Henry ... A Star Called Henry views the Irish revolution of 1916-21 from below. The Dublin slum-kid protagonist, Henry Smart, is born in 1902, his teenage mother sinking into ...
Unrest Was General All Over Ireland
In the astonishing last half of ''A Star Called Henry,'' an emissary from Michael Collins plucks Henry from the docks and enlists him for a double role -- daytime and nighttime, as it were. In the first he spends three years bicycling through Ireland, enlisting volunteers for the rebel army, training them and leading them in guerrilla operations.
A Star Called Henry
A Star Called Henry (1999) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle.It is Vol. 1 of The Last Roundup series. The second installment of the series, Oh, Play That Thing, was published in 2004.The third, The Dead Republic, was published in 2010.The book follows the early life of Henry Smart, from his childhood in the slums of early 20th century Dublin to his involvement in the Easter Rising and the ...
A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle
Author interviews, book reviews and lively book commentary are found here. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. The Book Report Network. Our Other Sites. Bookreporter; ... The naming of people is a topic that comes up often in A Star Called Henry. Henry's mother names stars after her dead children; Henry never ...
A Star Called Henry
A Star Called Henry (Book #1) by Roddy Doyle Published by Viking Adult Publication date: September 1st 1999 . There may be a lot about the reality of historical Ireland that I don't like (being a woman and all), but fictionally, male Irish authors are some of the most lyrically gifted I've ever read.
Roddy Doyle: A Star Called Henry
A Star Called Henry. Roddy Doyle's extraordinary sixth novel, A Star Called Henry, marks a major departure from the seriocomic territory he mined for his beloved "Barrytown" trilogy ( The ...
A Star Called Henry: A Novel (The Last Roundup)
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.
Book Review: "A Star Called Henry" by Roddy Doyle
But "A Star called Henry" is Volume One in a trilogy, and after finishing this book, I have no desire to read volumes two and three. The story starts out strong, but it kind of fizzles out in the last few chapters, which are far less interesting than the first few chapters. And that's why I'm giving the book a three-star rating.
A Star Called Henry Summary and Study Guide
A Star Called Henry (1999) is the first in The Last Round Up trilogy, which follows the life of Henry, a working-class Dublin boy born at the turn of the 20th century. Henry's life spans the major Irish events of the 20th century. A Star Called Henry explores the Easter Rising and the struggle for Irish independence.Oh, Play That Thing (2004), follows Henry's experience as an Irish ...
A Star Called Henry
Roddy Doyle captivated audiences around the world when Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha won the 1993 Booker Prize. Doyle followed that success with The Woman Who Walked into Doors, an acclaimed novel with a narrator critics compared to Joyce's Molly Bloom. Now, the finest Irish writer of his generation enchants us once again with A Star Called Henry.With his trademark sharp-edged wit, Roddy Doyle ...
A Star Called Henry
A Star Called Henry. Born in the slums, raised on the streets, caught up in the fight for a free Ireland at the age of fourteen, Henry Smart is, indisputably, a survivor. A Star Called Henry describes the first twenty years of Henry's adventure-filled life in early twentieth-century Ireland. Using a compelling first-person fictional narrative ...
A Star Called Henry: Doyle, Roddy: 9780676972351: Amazon.com: Books
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.
A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle
A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle - Book Review at Fiction-Net Book Reviews and Author Interviews. EXCLUSIVE BOOK REVIEWS AND AUTHOR INTERVIEWS SINCE 1999: Fiction-Net: Book Reviews: ... A Star Called Henry is the story of a young man named Henry Smart. Forced to live with his dead brother's name, Henry seems determined to prove to the world ...
A Star Called Henry Summary
Complete summary of Roddy Doyle's A Star Called Henry. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of A Star Called Henry. ... The New York Times Book Review 104 (September 12, 1999): 7.
A Star Called Henry: A Novel (The Last Roundup Book 1) Kindle Edition
A Star Called Henry: A Novel (The Last Roundup Book 1) - Kindle edition by Doyle, Roddy. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading A Star Called Henry: A Novel (The Last Roundup Book 1).
A Star Called Henry: A Novel|Paperback
Roddy Doyle is an internationally bestselling writer. His first three novels—The Commitments, The Snapper, and the 1991 Booker Prize finalist The Van—are known as The Barrytown Trilogy.He is also the author of the novels Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993 Booker Prize winner), The Woman Who Walked into Doors, and A Star Called Henry, and a non-fiction book about his parents, Rory & Ita.
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Carol Gelderman, an esteemed English professor at the University of New Orleans for more than three decades and the author of 10 books—including a biography of Henry Ford—died on March 8. She was 89. After earning a doctorate from Northwestern University, Gelderman joined the University in 1972 and remained on the English faculty until her retirement in 2005. She was such a prolific and ...
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COMMENTS
A Star Called Henry by Irish writer Roddy Doyle is a rare find: a book that blends a genuine language, a unique narrative structure, and an amazing story. Told from a first person, past tense omnipresent perspective, the reader is led along a remembered past full of historical dramatic irony with glimpses into a mysterious future.
A STAR CALLED HENRY. Absolutely extraordinary. Readers who thought Doyle had outdone himself with the deftly juxtaposed comedy and drama in his... The much-loved Irish author ( The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, 1996, etc.) breaks impressive new ground with this masterly portrayal of the making of an IRA terrorist - the first volume of a ...
The flammable personality of Doyle's comically mournful new novel, "A Star Called Henry," is a young buck from Dublin, born at the beginning of the century, who is swept into the zany violence of the war for Irish independence. His name is Henry Smart, and he is heedless and handsome, a lover and a gangster, a man who rages, murders and ...
A Star Called Henry. by Roddy Doyle. Publication Date: September 1, 2000. Paperback: 384 pages. Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) ISBN-10: 0140296131. ISBN-13: 9780140296136. Born in the slums, raised on the streets, caught up in the fight for a free Ireland at the age of fourteen, Henry Smart is, indisputably, a survivor.
A Star Called Henry gives some hints, but this novel is really only the beginning of the Henry Smart story. Roddy Doyle plans to make Henry's tale a trilogy. ... Narrated with a splendor, wit, and excitement that lift Doyle's writing to a new level." —The New York Times Book Review (front page review) "Doyle vividly portrays the wild ...
Review: A Star Called Henry ... A Star Called Henry views the Irish revolution of 1916-21 from below. The Dublin slum-kid protagonist, Henry Smart, is born in 1902, his teenage mother sinking into ...
In the astonishing last half of ''A Star Called Henry,'' an emissary from Michael Collins plucks Henry from the docks and enlists him for a double role -- daytime and nighttime, as it were. In the first he spends three years bicycling through Ireland, enlisting volunteers for the rebel army, training them and leading them in guerrilla operations.
A Star Called Henry (1999) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle.It is Vol. 1 of The Last Roundup series. The second installment of the series, Oh, Play That Thing, was published in 2004.The third, The Dead Republic, was published in 2010.The book follows the early life of Henry Smart, from his childhood in the slums of early 20th century Dublin to his involvement in the Easter Rising and the ...
Author interviews, book reviews and lively book commentary are found here. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. The Book Report Network. Our Other Sites. Bookreporter; ... The naming of people is a topic that comes up often in A Star Called Henry. Henry's mother names stars after her dead children; Henry never ...
A Star Called Henry (Book #1) by Roddy Doyle Published by Viking Adult Publication date: September 1st 1999 . There may be a lot about the reality of historical Ireland that I don't like (being a woman and all), but fictionally, male Irish authors are some of the most lyrically gifted I've ever read.
A Star Called Henry. Roddy Doyle's extraordinary sixth novel, A Star Called Henry, marks a major departure from the seriocomic territory he mined for his beloved "Barrytown" trilogy ( The ...
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.
But "A Star called Henry" is Volume One in a trilogy, and after finishing this book, I have no desire to read volumes two and three. The story starts out strong, but it kind of fizzles out in the last few chapters, which are far less interesting than the first few chapters. And that's why I'm giving the book a three-star rating.
A Star Called Henry (1999) is the first in The Last Round Up trilogy, which follows the life of Henry, a working-class Dublin boy born at the turn of the 20th century. Henry's life spans the major Irish events of the 20th century. A Star Called Henry explores the Easter Rising and the struggle for Irish independence.Oh, Play That Thing (2004), follows Henry's experience as an Irish ...
Roddy Doyle captivated audiences around the world when Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha won the 1993 Booker Prize. Doyle followed that success with The Woman Who Walked into Doors, an acclaimed novel with a narrator critics compared to Joyce's Molly Bloom. Now, the finest Irish writer of his generation enchants us once again with A Star Called Henry.With his trademark sharp-edged wit, Roddy Doyle ...
A Star Called Henry. Born in the slums, raised on the streets, caught up in the fight for a free Ireland at the age of fourteen, Henry Smart is, indisputably, a survivor. A Star Called Henry describes the first twenty years of Henry's adventure-filled life in early twentieth-century Ireland. Using a compelling first-person fictional narrative ...
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.
A Star Called Henry by Roddy Doyle - Book Review at Fiction-Net Book Reviews and Author Interviews. EXCLUSIVE BOOK REVIEWS AND AUTHOR INTERVIEWS SINCE 1999: Fiction-Net: Book Reviews: ... A Star Called Henry is the story of a young man named Henry Smart. Forced to live with his dead brother's name, Henry seems determined to prove to the world ...
Complete summary of Roddy Doyle's A Star Called Henry. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of A Star Called Henry. ... The New York Times Book Review 104 (September 12, 1999): 7.
A Star Called Henry: A Novel (The Last Roundup Book 1) - Kindle edition by Doyle, Roddy. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading A Star Called Henry: A Novel (The Last Roundup Book 1).
Roddy Doyle is an internationally bestselling writer. His first three novels—The Commitments, The Snapper, and the 1991 Booker Prize finalist The Van—are known as The Barrytown Trilogy.He is also the author of the novels Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993 Booker Prize winner), The Woman Who Walked into Doors, and A Star Called Henry, and a non-fiction book about his parents, Rory & Ita.
Carol Gelderman, an esteemed English professor at the University of New Orleans for more than three decades and the author of 10 books—including a biography of Henry Ford—died on March 8. She was 89. After earning a doctorate from Northwestern University, Gelderman joined the University in 1972 and remained on the English faculty until her retirement in 2005. She was such a prolific and ...
Melvin Lee Greenwood is an American country music singer-songwriter. He has released more than 20 major-label albums but is best known for his 1984 patriotic song "God Bless the USA."