The Dead Republic

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