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THE INSIDE STORY OF THE 1981 IRISH HUNGER STRIKE, BASED ON THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY CORRESPONDENCE IN PENAL HISTORY
"A fascinating and frightening account, not only of the strike but of the whole Republican ethos, which comes nearer than any previous study to explaining why we are still where we are 18 – or is it 800 – years on."
BELFAST TELEGRAPH
"Gripping"
NEW SOCIETY
"Remarkable… Besides providing a blow-by-blow account of the vicious confrontation between the British government and the IRA, Beresford takes us behind the scenes in a way which has never been done before."
IRISH PRESS
"Extraordinary revelations from both sides"
TIME OUT
"The definitive account of that climactic episode… has unusual power and immediacy."
SUNDAY PRESS
Shocking and moving at once – an electrifying story… If it were a novel, it would have a caption on the back telling the reader: 'You will not be able to put it down'"
FORTNIGHT
"It is one of the very few books that will be read when the present phase of Irish history is over."
MARY HOLLAND, 'Observer'
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It's written on the inside track and it's really, really good - well researched, insightful, truthful and candid, it doesn't try to rewrite history or glamourise things and it's beautifully written.
It was very obviously written with extensive co-operation from the guys who were in long kesh when this went down and it has an authenticity and a palpable atmosphere very few other books on the troubles will hope to achieve.
Beresford was able to access the messages smuggled between the POW's and 'Brownie' the contact with the republican leadership on the outside... and the messages are interspersed throughout the book and contrasted against events providing an illuminating, utterly compelling and rarely seen glimpse not just into to unfolding of the events in the kesh during the hunger strike but into the republican psyche.
A fitting tribute to the hunger strikers and a highly recommended book for anyone intrested the 6 counties - whatever political cloth their coat may be cut from.
Oh yes - and remarkably the author is english.
The hunger strikers were brave men indeed.
The UK govt were cowards, cheats and lied to the hunger strikers and the british... Read more
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