Reading order · 3 books · 1999 to 2010 · Mostly set in Dublin
The Last Roundup Books in Order
The Last Roundup follows Henry Smart from the Easter Rising through America and back to Ireland.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 1999 to 2010
- First book
- A Star Called Henry
- Latest
- The Dead Republic (2010)
- Setting
- Mostly set in Dublin
The reading order
Every The Last Roundup book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Mostly set in Dublin
- 1A Star Called Henry1999With Henry SmartHenry Smart, born in the Dublin slums in 1901, fights in the Easter Rising and the War of Independence.Buy on Amazon
- 2Oh, Play That Thing2004With Henry SmartHenry Smart flees to America in the 1920s and finds himself in New York and Chicago, in the world of jazz, bootlegging and Louis Armstrong.Buy on Amazon
- 3The Dead Republic2010With Henry SmartHenry Smart returns to Ireland with the film director John Ford, and is drawn back into the country’s politics over the decades that follow.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read in order: A Star Called Henry, Oh, Play That Thing, The Dead Republic.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Henry Smart |
|---|---|
| 1 A Star Called Henry | LLead |
| 2 Oh, Play That Thing | LLead |
| 3 The Dead Republic | LLead |
Characters in the The Last Roundup books
1 character from Roddy Doyle’s chart, with the number of The Last Roundup books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Henry SmartRebel and adventurer | 3 | A Star Called Henry 1999 |