Oh, Play That Thing
2004
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Abridged edition
Random House Audiobooks (Verlag)
978-1-85686-932-4 (ISBN)
Random House Audiobooks (Verlag)
978-1-85686-932-4 (ISBN)
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The sequel to A Star Called Henry, sees our hero, Henry Smart, arrive in New York in 1924. Furious, happy music played by a man with a trumpet and bleeding lips called Louis Armstrong. Armstrong needs a white man, and the man he chooses is Henry Smart.
The sequel to A Star Called Henry, sees our hero, Henry Smart, arrive in New York in 1924. This being Prohibition, Henry ends up bootlegging hooch for the speak-easies of the Lower East Side. But when this catches the attention of the mobsters who run the district, Henry realises it's time to leave. In Chicago, Henry discovers music. Furious, happy music played by a man with a trumpet and bleeding lips called Louis Armstrong. But Armstrong is a prisoner of his colour; there are places a black man cannot go, things he cannot do. Armstrong needs a white man, and the man he chooses is Henry Smart.
The sequel to A Star Called Henry, sees our hero, Henry Smart, arrive in New York in 1924. This being Prohibition, Henry ends up bootlegging hooch for the speak-easies of the Lower East Side. But when this catches the attention of the mobsters who run the district, Henry realises it's time to leave. In Chicago, Henry discovers music. Furious, happy music played by a man with a trumpet and bleeding lips called Louis Armstrong. But Armstrong is a prisoner of his colour; there are places a black man cannot go, things he cannot do. Armstrong needs a white man, and the man he chooses is Henry Smart.
Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of six acclaimed novels. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.10.2004 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 143 x 125 mm |
| Gewicht | 222 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-85686-932-6 / 1856869326 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-85686-932-4 / 9781856869324 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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