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Last Roundup by Roddy ( Doyle is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Last Roundup about?

The sequel to A Star Called Henry, the second volume in Roddy Doyle's epic trilogy about Henry Smart and the making of modern Ireland.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. He catches the attention of the mobsters who run the district and soon there are eyes on his back and men in the shadows. It is time to leave, for another America- Chicago is wild and new, and newest of all is the music. Furious, wild, happy music played by a man with a trumpet and bleeding lips called Louis Armstrong. His music is everywhere, coming from every open door, every phonograph. But Armstrong is a prisoner of his colour; there are places a black man cannot go, things he cannot do. Armstrong needs a man, a white man, and the man he chooses is Henry Smart.

Who reads Last Roundup?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Roddy ( Doyle
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Published
2005
Language
EN
ISBN
9780099477655
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, Music
Rating
3.26 / 5 (88 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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