Bibliograph

The dead republic, Roddy Doyle

Type

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The dead republic, Roddy Doyle

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

The dead republic

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

869821013

Responsibility statement

Roddy Doyle

Series statement

The last roundup, 3

Summary

Henry Smart returns to Ireland for the first time since his escape in 1922. He is in Dublin, working in Barrytown as a school janitor. When Henry is caught in a bomb blast, his wooden leg gets left behind in the debris. He wakes in hospital to find himself a hero: the old IRA veteran who's lost his leg to a UVF bomb. It doesn't take long before the Provos come calling. They need men like Henry. They wheel him out at funerals and rallies, a heroic veteran of 1916. Henry is to find he will have other uses too, when the peace process begins in deadly secrecy

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