Oh, Play That Thing

Oh, Play That Thing


Oh, Play That Thing  
1st edition cover
Author(s) Roddy Doyle
Language English
Series The Last Roundup
Publisher Jonathan Cape
Publication date 2004
Media type print
Pages 384
ISBN 0224074369
Preceded by A Star Called Henry
Followed by The Dead Republic

Oh, Play That Thing (2004) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle. It is Vol. 2 of The Last Roundup series, and follows on from Vol. 1, A Star Called Henry.

Plot summary

Having fallen foul of his erstwhile comrades in the Irish Republican Army (IRA), Henry escapes to America. In New York, he becomes involved in advertising, pornography and bootlegging. After stepping on the toes of the Mob, Henry heads for Chicago, where he becomes the manager and partner-in-crime of Louis Armstrong. He becomes reunited with his wife and daughter, and, much to his dismay, the IRA.

v · d · eRoddy Doyle
Novels
The Commitments (1987) • The Snapper (1990) • The Van (1991)
Paula Spencer
Family (TV, 1994) • The Woman Who Walked into Doors (1996) • Paula Spencer (2006)
A Star Called Henry (1999) • Oh, Play That Thing! (2004) • The Dead Republic (2010)
Children's novels
Not Just for Christmas (1999) · The Giggler Treatment (2000) · Rover Saves Christmas (2001) · The Meanwhile Adventures (2004) · Wilderness (2007) · Her Mother's Face (2008)
Other
Short stories
The Deportees (2008) Bullfighting (2011)
Films
The Commitments (1991) · The Snapper (1993) · The Van (1996) · When Brendan Met Trudy (2000) · New Boy (2008)
Theatre
Brownbread (1987) · War (1989) · The Woman Who Walked into Doors (2003) · The Playboy of the Western World (2007)

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