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  • Oh, Play That Thing

  • By: Roddy Doyle
  • Narrated by: Christian Conn
  • Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
  • 2.9 out of 5 stars (15 ratings)

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Oh, Play That Thing

By: Roddy Doyle
Narrated by: Christian Conn
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Summary

The sequel to A Star Called Henry, sees our hero, Henry Smart, arrive in New York in 1924. This being Prohibition, Henry ends up bootlegging hooch for the speak-easies of the Lower East Side. But when this catches the attention of the mobsters who run the district, Henry realises it's time to leave. In Chicago, Henry discovers music. Furious, happy music played by a man with a trumpet and bleeding lips called Louis Armstrong. But Armstrong is a prisoner of his colour; there are places a black man cannot go, things he cannot do. Armstrong needs a white man, and the man he chooses is Henry Smart.

©2004 Roddy Doyle (P)2010 Random House AUDIO GO
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great story

great story, read a star called henry and was looking forward to finding out what happened to henry unfortunatly the narrator distroyed the book for me, stopped listening after an hour just couldnt take anymore going to buy kindle edition instead

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Accents

Irish accents are off-puttingly bad, although the American accents are good so assuming that's the trade-off.

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Brutal performance

The narration is brutal. The Irish accent is difficult to carry; and surely enough Irish actors to pick from.

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Accent ruined the audio book!

I had previously read the trilogy so revisiting the trilogy in audio book. the first book is perfect with Roddy narrating, the accent is this is absolutely terrible, it's like a cross between Tom Cruises irish accent in Far and Away and Jamaican. I couldn't listen to anymore of it!!

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confusing

really confusing story, couldn't follow it at all. possibly would have been easier if I'd read it rather than listened to it.
the narrator had the worse Irish accent I've ever heard!
I loved A star called Henry but I wish I hadn't bothered with this one!

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