A Star Called Henry

This is really a masterpiece

Irish Times

This is Ireland's most famous living writer tackling one of the most crucial periods in its history... A Star Called Henry has all the hallmarks of the start of a major literary portrayal of a national experience

Guardian

A vibrant work of fiction - In Doyle's ambidextrous hands, the making of modern Ireland gets a vigorous and illuminating run-down

Independent

The energy and full-blooded dialogue of Doyle's creations are as much in evidence here as in the best of his previous work- A Star Called Henry is billed as Volume One of The Last Roundup. It is an exhilarating beginning

Daily Telegraph

Doyle just gets better and better... This is history evoked on an intimate, and yet earth-shaking scale, with a driving narrative that never falters. Maybe the Great American Novel remains to be written, but on the evidence of its first instalment - this is the epic Irish one, created at a high pitch of eloquence

Publisher's Weekly

Astonishing.... Narrated with a splendor, wit, and excitement that lift Doyle's writing to a new level

New York Times Book Review

Marvellous...bloody brilliant

Toronto Star