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'Reading this book is like sitting in the pub listening to a good
friend tell you stories. It does what only the best retellings can
and makes you see the myth anew' Daisy Johnson That was the start
of it. A terrible business altogether. Oh, it was all kept off the
news, for the sake of the talks and the ceasefire. But them that
were around that part of the country remember every bit. Wait now
till you hear the rest. Northern Ireland, 1996. After twenty-five
years of conflict, the IRA and the British have agreed an uneasy
ceasefire, as a first step towards lasting peace. But if decades of
savage violence are leading only to smiles and handshakes, those on
the ground in the border country will start to question what
exactly they have been fighting for. When an IRA man's wife turns
informer, he and his brother gather their old comrades for an
assault on the local army base. But the squad's feared sniper
suddenly refuses to fight, and the SAS are sent in to crush this
rogue terror cell before it can wreck the fragile truce, and drag
the whole region back to the darkest days of the Troubles. Inspired
by the oldest war story of them all, this powerful new Irish novel
explores the brutal glory of armed conflict, and the bitter tragedy
of those on both sides who offer their lives to defend the honour
of their country.
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