- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781407051796
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 336
The Dead Republic
- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781407051796
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 336
Trust Roddy Doyle on this one. Go with the story. It's magnificent
Financial Times
Doyle's essentially triumphant new novel is the concluding part of The Last Roundup, the largest in scope and scale, and in literary terms the most significant, of his series
Times Literary Supplement
Doyle's tenth novel might be called The Dead Republic, but its vision of what Smart calls "the green thing" is as alive as any he has given us
Independent on Sunday
Doyle remains a master stylist, writing sentences that hit you like a slap in the face
Irish Times
Doyle retains his canny and surprising eye, his gift for the corporeal
Observer
Over the course of three books, Henry Smart has proved to be Doyle's most memorable fictional creation
Sunday Times
Its overview of the twists and turns of Irish history is brilliant
Mail on Sunday
Told with pace and verve and bitter, black humour. There is lovely, brutal detail, as well as a grand swoop over the timeline of Ireland and America, just like the kind of film they just don't make anymore . . . Yes, you do have to suspend disbelief, quite often, but Henry is so compelling, his story so powerful, that it's worth it
Financial Times
The many faces of Henry Smart, hero and killer, thug and family-loving man, liar, chancer and man of honour, embody the history and the identity alike.
Paul Dunn, The Times
Bizzare, brave, elegiac and funny, Doyle's reimagining of Ireland Inc stands as both indictment and celebration
Arminta Wallace, Irish Times
This is Ireland's most famous living writer tackling one of the most crucial periods in history
Guardian