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Oh, Play That Thing (2004) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle. It is Vol. 2 of The Last Roundup series, and follows on from Vol. 1, A Star Called Henry. Plot summary. Having fallen foul of his erstwhile comrades in the Irish Republican Army (IRA), Henry escapes to America.
- Roddy Doyle
- 2004
Sep 2, 2004 · Oh, Play That Thing. Roddy Doyle. 3.28. 2,133 ratings166 reviews. The sequel to Roddy Doyle’s beloved novel A Star Called Henry – an entertaining romp across America in the 1920s. Watch for Roddy Doyle’s new novel, Smile , coming in October of 2017.
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Aug 6, 2013 · Oh, Play That Thing turns Smart loose on 1920s America, where he tries to escape a history of murder and mayhem, and befriends up-and-coming musician Louis Armstrong in vividly evoked Jazz Age Chicago.
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Oh, Play That Thing is the sequel to A Star Called Henry, the high-energy first volume of a promised trilogy called The Round-Up, which saw him move backwards into social history and...
English. Ex-IRA assassin Henry journeys between Chicago and New York in his pursuit of his elusive wife and his love for jazz, all the while endeavoring to outmaneuver the death warrant that has followed him across the Atlantic. Access-restricted-item. true. Addeddate. 2012-04-18 14:03:43. Bookplateleaf. 0002. Boxid. IA181401. Boxid_2. CH105401.
Oh, Play that Thing. Roddy Doyle’s last novel, A Star Called Henry, was chosen by the The New York Times Book Review as one of the eleven Best Books of the Year; The Washington...
- Roddy Doyle
- Knopf Canada, 2004
- 0676976875, 9780676976878
It's 1924, and New York is the centre of the universe. Henry Smart, on the run from Dublin, falls on his feet. He is a handsome man with a sandwich board, behind which he stashes hooch for the speakeasies of the Lower East Side.
