343 Seiten
Sprache: English
Am 1999 von Viking veröffentlicht.
"Born in the slums of Dublin in 1901, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer and settler of scores, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. By the time he can walk he's out robbing, begging, often cold, always hungry, but a prince of the streets. At fourteen, already six foot two, Henry's in the General Post Office on Easter Monday 1916, a soldier in the Irish Citizen Army, fighting for freedom. A year later he's ready to die for Ireland again, a rebel, a Fenian and soon, a killer.
With his father's wooden leg as his weapon, Henry becomes a republican legend - one of Michael Collins' boys, a cop killer, an assassin on a stolen bike."--BOOK JACKET.
"Born in the slums of Dublin in 1901, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer and settler of scores, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. By the time he can walk he's out robbing, begging, often cold, always hungry, but a prince of the streets. At fourteen, already six foot two, Henry's in the General Post Office on Easter Monday 1916, a soldier in the Irish Citizen Army, fighting for freedom. A year later he's ready to die for Ireland again, a rebel, a Fenian and soon, a killer.
With his father's wooden leg as his weapon, Henry becomes a republican legend - one of Michael Collins' boys, a cop killer, an assassin on a stolen bike."--BOOK JACKET.
Themen
- Young men -- Ireland -- Dublin -- Fiction
- Revolutionaries -- Ireland -- Dublin -- Fiction
- Guerrillas -- Ireland -- Dublin -- Fiction
- Poor -- Ireland -- Dublin -- Fiction
- Family -- Ireland -- Dublin -- Fiction
- People with social disabilities -- Ireland -- Dublin -- Fiction
- Adventure stories
- Biographical fiction
- Ireland -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction