by Roddy Doyle · El Aleph Editores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788476694343
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«Una estrella llamada Henry» is the historical novel by Roddy Doyle, published by El Aleph Editores in paperback (352 pages, in Spanish).
Henry Smart is born in the poor neighborhoods of Dublin in 1901 and grows up on the streets, living off petty theft and alms. At fourteen he joins the Irish Citizen Army and takes part in the war for independence, in an epic adventure that mixes the history of Ireland with the picaresque tale of a popular hero.
First installment of the series The Last Roundup. Original title: A Star Called Henry. Collection Modernos y Clásicos, no. 113.
For readers of historical fiction and Irish narrative set in the twentieth century.
Roderick Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
