{"product_id":"oh-play-that-thing-9780143036050","title":"Oh, Play That Thing","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe sequel to Roddy Doyle's beloved novel \u003ci\u003eA Star Called Henry\u003c\/i\u003e - an entertaining romp across America in the 1920s\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fleeing the Irish Republican paymasters for whom he committed murder and mayhem, Henry Smart has left his wife and infant daughter in Dublin and is off to start a new life. When he lands in America, it is 1924 and New York City is the center of the universe. Henry turns to hawking cheap hooch on the Lower East Side, only to catch the attention of the mobsters who run the district. In Chicago, Henry finds a newer America alive with wild, happy music played by a man with a trumpet and bleeding lips called Louis Armstrong. But in a city also owned by the mob, Armstrong is a prisoner of his color. He needs a man--a white man--and the man he chooses is Henry Smart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoddy Doyle \u003c\/b\u003eis an internationally bestselling writer. His first three novels--\u003ci\u003eThe Commitments\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Snapper\u003c\/i\u003e, and the 1991 Booker Prize finalist\u003ci\u003e The Van\u003c\/i\u003e--are known as The Barrytown Trilogy. He is also the author of the novels \u003ci\u003ePaddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha\u003c\/i\u003e (1993 Booker Prize winner), \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Walked into Doors\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Star Called Henry\u003c\/i\u003e, and a non-fiction book about his parents, \u003ci\u003eRory \u0026amp; Ita\u003c\/i\u003e. Doyle has also written for the stage and the screen: the plays \u003ci\u003eBrownbread\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuess Who's Coming for the Dinner\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Walked Into Doors\u003c\/i\u003e; the film adaptations of \u003ci\u003eThe Commitments (\u003c\/i\u003eas co-writer), \u003ci\u003eThe Snapper\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Van\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWhen Brendan Met Trudy\u003c\/i\u003e (an original screenplay); the four-part television series \u003ci\u003eFamily \u003c\/i\u003efor the BBC; and the television play \u003ci\u003eHell for Leather\u003c\/i\u003e. Roddy Doyle has also written the children's books \u003ci\u003eThe Giggler Treatment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRover Saves Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Meanwhile Adventures\u003c\/i\u003e and contributed to a variety of publications including \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and several anthologies. He lives in Dublin.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872458019090,"sku":"9780143036050","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1295f095-869e-47fc-bd65-3dd2af50ebbe.jpg?v=1737898350","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/oh-play-that-thing-9780143036050","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}