\'A masterpiece\' Irish Times\'Exhilarating\' Daily TelegraphBorn 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.
\'A masterpiece\' Irish Times\'Exhilarating\' Daily TelegraphBorn 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.Pre-order Roddy Doyle\'s latest novel THE WOMEN BEHIND THE DOOR now. Σελίδες: 352, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm