Bloody Sunday (1972) catapulted the Irish 'troubles' onto the world
stage, exacerbating suspicion in US intelligence circles that the
IRA might turn to the Soviets for guns. South Boston native Raymond
Daly, just off a CIA stint in Laos, is sent to Ireland to
re-establish a line running guns to the IRA. He deftly earns the
trust of gunrunner Slowey, a tough money-making South Boston
native, who introduces him to an IRA splinter group operating near
Blacklion, a town bordering on Northern Ireland. Ray begins to
manipulate Aoife, an Irish woman, in order to gain the trust of the
community and embed himself in the organization. After the British
Special Air Services raid a safehouse, Ray finds himself involved
in executing an informant and his wife. But he also finds himself
getting soft on some of those he was sent to infiltrate and
becoming more like his cover, 'an Irish American gunrunner with a
romantic attachment to the Cause,' and less like an obedient CIA
operative. Events spiral, culminating in a shootout with the
British army that compels Ray to make a Faustian decision on his
future and that of Aoife and the others he was assigned to
manipulate.
General
Imprint: |
Baraka Books
|
Country of origin: |
Canada |
Series: |
Baraka Fiction |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Luke Francis Beirne
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 140mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
300 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-77186-331-5 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-77186-331-5 |
Barcode: |
9781771863315 |
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