The Dead Republic

By: Roddy Doyle

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Paperback | 29 March 2010

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329 Pages

Age
18+

Grade
12

Dimensions(cm)
20.32 x 13.34 x 1.91

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The triumphant conclusion to the trilogy that began with A Star Called Henry. Henry Smart is back!

It is 1946, and Henry has crawled into the desert of Utah's Monument Valley to die. He's stumbled onto a film set though, and ends up in Hollywood collaborating with John Ford on a script based on his life.

Eventually, Henry finds himself back in Ireland, where he becomes a custodian, and meets up with a woman who may or may not be his long-lost wife.

After being injured in a political bombing in Dublin, the secret of his rebel past comes out, and Henry is a national hero. Or are his troubles just beginning?

Raucous, colourful, and epic, The Dead Republic is the magnificent final act in the life of one of Doyle's most unforgettable characters.

About the Author

Roddy Doyle is an internationally best selling 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.

Industry Reviews

"The best of Doyle's trilogy . . . he has avoided crowd-pleasing formulas to create an original and amusing octogenarian double agent, composing a thoughtful book about a sometimes thoughtless political process." --The New York Times Book Review "Entertaining . . . A purposeful, funny smackdown of popular culture's contribution to the mythology of Irish nationalism." --Los Angeles Times "The story of Henry's reintegration into a much changed Ireland is thoroughly absorbing. . . . The plot never stops zipping, but, as the title suggests, there's a darker picture." --The New Yorker

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