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Jan 1, 2010 · The Dead Republic. Roddy Doyle. 3.61. 984 ratings119 reviews. At the end of Oh, Play That Thing, the second volume of Roddy Doyle's trilogy about Henry Smart, Henry, his leg severed in an accident with a railway boxcar, crawls into the Utah desert to die - only to be discovered by John Ford, who's there shooting his latest Western.
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The Dead Republic: A Novel is a 2010 novel by Irish author Roddy Doyle which concluded The Last Roundup trilogy. The first book in the trilogy was A Star Called Henry (1999), and the second was Oh, Play That Thing! (2004). Plot. An aging Henry Smart is attempting to cement his reputation.
- Roddy Doyle
- 2010
Apr 29, 2010 · 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, colorful, and epic, The Dead...
- Roddy Doyle
- Penguin, 2010
- 1101190094, 9781101190098
May 4, 2010 · The Dead Republic opens in 1951 with Henry returning to Ireland for the first time since his escape in 1922. Henry, his leg severed in an accident with a railway boxcar, crawls into the Utah...
The Henry who steps back on to Irish soil at the start of The Dead Republic is a sadly diminished figure, missing a leg and convinced that his wife and children are dead. He also suffers ...
May 14, 2010 · “The Dead Republic” tells of the later life of Henry Smart, an Irishman born in 1901: a “handsome man” to all the women, an I.R.A. hit man as a teenager, a con man after he...
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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, colorful, and epic, The Dead Republic is the magnificent final act in the life of one of Doyle’s most unforgettable characters.
