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Le dernier rodéo Séries

Cette saga épique retrace la vie tumultueuse d'un rebelle à travers des moments clés de l'histoire irlandaise. Des rues rudes de Dublin à la lutte pour la liberté, le récit explore les sacrifices personnels et les morales complexes au cœur d'un soulèvement national. Soyez témoin d'un parcours de l'orphelinat à une icône de la résistance, où l'amour et la loyauté font face à une pression incessante. C'est une histoire puissante d'identité, de tradition et de la recherche de sa place dans un monde défini par le conflit.

The Dead Republic
Oh, Play That Thing
A Star Called Henry

Ordre de lecture recommandé

  1. A Star Called Henry

    • 343pages
    • 13 heures de lecture

    Born in the slums of Dublin in 1902, 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 14, he's 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 a killer. Then, with his father's wooden leg as a weapon, Henry becomes a republican legend - one of Michael Collins' boys, a copy killer, an assassin on stolen bike. A historical novel like none before.

    A Star Called Henry1
    3,9

  2. Oh, Play That Thing

    • 352pages
    • 13 heures de lecture

    On the last page of A Star Called Henry, Henry Smart is on the run from his Republican paymasters after a life of violence. He escapes from Dublin to Liverpool and then to Ellis Island, New York, where Oh, Play That Thing begins. Set in 1924, New York is vibrant and alive. Henry finds work as a handsome man with a sandwich board, cleverly hiding a stash of illegal alcohol for the speakeasies of the Lower East Side. As he hires kids to help him, he draws the attention of local mobsters, prompting him to flee once more, this time to Chicago, a place free from his past. Chicago is wild and new, bursting with music, particularly the exhilarating sounds of Louis Armstrong, a talented trumpeter constrained by racial barriers. The mob controls the music scene, and Armstrong, needing a white ally, chooses Henry. This novel pulsates with energy and invention, its language and rhythms reflecting the music it celebrates. Roddy Doyle's unparalleled vision and ambition shine through, making this work a remarkable triumph that continually surprises.

    Oh, Play That Thing2
    3,2

  3. The Dead Republic

    • 336pages
    • 12 heures de lecture

    We last saw Henry Smart, his leg severed in an accident with a railway boxcar, crawl into the Utah desert to die - only to be discovered by John Ford, who's there shooting his latest Western.

    The Dead Republic3
    3,5