by Roddy Doyle · Jonathan Cape · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780224090100
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«The Dead Republic» is the historical novel by Roddy Doyle, published by Jonathan Cape in paperback (329 pages, in English).
Henry Smart, a former IRA rebel, returns to Ireland in 1951 accompanying director John Ford, John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara during the filming of The Quiet Man. A decade later, after working as a janitor at a Dublin school, an explosion turns him into a national hero, but his clandestine past threatens to come to light.
The Dead Republic is the third and final instalment of The Last Roundup trilogy, begun with A Star Called Henry and continued with Oh, Play That Thing.
It will appeal to readers of historical fiction and Irish narrative, especially those who have read the previous instalments of the series.
Roderick Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
