by Roddy Doyle · Guanda · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788882461812
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«Una stella di nome Henry» is the historical novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle, published by Guanda in paperback (434 pages, in Italian).
Henry Smart grows up in the poor neighborhoods of Dublin at the beginning of the 20th century, between begging and theft. Son of a religious mother and a violent father, he ends up as a hitman for the Irish independence cause. The novel combines revolution, civil war, and sentimental and sexual awakening in a portrait of Dublin and its darkest corners.
First installment of Roddy Doyle's The Last Roundup trilogy. Italian translation by Giuliana Zeuli.
A read for those interested in historical fiction and 20th-century Ireland, from marginalized neighborhoods to the war of independence.
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.
