false 42698 16 Praised as "a masterpiece" by the Washington Post, <I>A Star Called Henry</I> introduced the unforgettable Henry Smart and left Roddy Doyle's innumerable fans clamoring for more. Now, in his first novel set in America, Doyle delivers. <I>Oh, Play That Thing</I> opens with Henry on the run from his Irish Republican paymasters, arriving in New York City in 1924. But in New York, and later Chicago&#151;where he meets a man playing wild, happy music called Louis Armstrong&#151;Henry finds he cannot escape his past.<P> A highly entertaining cross-country epic and a magnificent follow-up to <I>A Star Called Henry</I>, this prodigious, energetic, sexy novel is another Roddy Doyle triumph. 919732 2004 Oh, Play That Thing (Last Roundup) total:319|5:30|4:86|3:118|2:61|1:24| 319 994 467 49 42698 014303605X 9780143036050 295 44 3.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169883072m/42698.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42698.Oh_Play_That_Thing 2 1 false Thu Aug 14 11:10:39 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 07:54:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 42698 014303605X 9780143036050 295 44 3.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169883072m/42698.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42698.Oh_Play_That_Thing 3 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 11:10:26 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 11:26:00 -0700 2009 A Star Called Henry. The sheer energy of Henry Smart pulls the reader through a sometimes hectic, sometimes maddeningly repetitive series of events, but if I hadn't grown fond of him in the first book of this promised trilogy (the third as yet unwritten...more...]]> 42698 014303605X 9780143036050 295 44 3.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169883072m/42698.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42698.Oh_Play_That_Thing 1 0 false Fri Nov 27 14:16:22 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 12:56:31 -0800 2009
It's prequel, A Star Called Henry, remains one of my favorite novels. Yet I'm afraid that this piece of writing falls far below Doyle's usual standards. If anything, the story has been taken too f...more...]]> 42698 014303605X 9780143036050 295 44 3.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169883072m/42698.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42698.Oh_Play_That_Thing 5 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 10:41:25 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 10:47:16 -0800 2008 Very refreshing and...more...]]> 528122 0670033618 9780670033614 10 3 3.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175552759m/528122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/528122.Oh_Play_That_Thing 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:28:07 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:28:07 -0800 2009 Booker Prize-winning Doyle (Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha) has taken a few missteps with his latest offering, the second in a projected trilogy. In previous books, Doyle explored the lives of down-and-out immigrants (like those of parents; see Rory & Ita, **1/2 Mar/Apr 2003). Here, he's attempted a historica...

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this book is delicious madness. a few times it seems too much -- just sketched in, or contrived -- but mostly i love the romantic adventure, outsize personalities, life overflowing. i had to skip a few sente...more...]]> 42698 014303605X 9780143036050 295 44 3.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169883072m/42698.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42698.Oh_Play_That_Thing 3 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 09:32:21 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 08:20:04 -0700 2009
By 50 pages I was wondering whether to put it down and not bother with it again. After reading the preceeding book of the (as yet uncompleted) trilogy, I picked up this book almost immediately. O.P.T.T. is set in America in the mid...more...]]> 42698 014303605X 9780143036050 295 44 3.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169883072m/42698.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42698.Oh_Play_That_Thing 2 0 false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Aug 20 15:20:24 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 18 14:55:36 -0800 2009
Although I love Doyle, and enjoyed ASCH, I fe...more...]]> 42698 014303605X 9780143036050 295 44 3.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169883072m/42698.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42698.Oh_Play_That_Thing 0 0 false Thu Jan 08 14:26:03 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 14:29:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 528122 0670033618 9780670033614 10 3 3.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175552759m/528122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/528122.Oh_Play_That_Thing 4 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Fri Sep 21 07:47:40 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 21 07:59:45 -0700 2007 more...]]> 42698 014303605X 9780143036050 295 44 3.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169883072m/42698.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42698.Oh_Play_That_Thing 4 0 false Thu Jun 11 06:33:59 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 06:35:43 -0700 2009 42698 014303605X 9780143036050 295 44 3.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169883072m/42698.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42698.Oh_Play_That_Thing 2 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 15 15:59:47 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 14:09:50 -0700 2009 1 42698 014303605X 9780143036050 295 44 3.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169883072m/42698.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42698.Oh_Play_That_Thing 4 0 false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 07:55:59 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 11:02:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 42698 014303605X 9780143036050 295 44 3.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169883072m/42698.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42698.Oh_Play_That_Thing 3 0 false Tue May 08 16:24:01 -0700 2007 Wed May 21 14:12:51 -0700 2008 A Star Called Henry ) feels somehow apart from Doyle's other books. It's different in obvious ways--all the other books I've read take place in Ireland--but also this one never really enchanted me like his others. It's too big: too sprawling, too many characters, too rushed in some parts...more...]]> 42698 014303605X 9780143036050 295 44 3.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169883072m/42698.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42698.Oh_Play_That_Thing 3 0 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 12 16:25:54 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 16:30:48 -0800 2007 more...]]> 528122 0670033618 9780670033614 10 3 3.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175552759m/528122.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/528122.Oh_Play_That_Thing 0 0 false Sat Dec 27 19:35:41 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 19:35:41 -0800 2008 2766572 0099484897 9780099484899 0 1 3.12 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2766572.Oh_Play_That_Thing 0 0 false Sun Aug 23 06:38:05 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 06:42:34 -0700 2009 42698 014303605X 9780143036050 295 44 3.12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169883072m/42698.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42698.Oh_Play_That_Thing 3 0 false Thu Mar 05 20:05:31 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 28 11:53:22 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2766570