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Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island
Ian Cobain
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Description for Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island
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On the morning of Saturday 22nd April 1978, members of an Active Service Unit of the IRA hijacked a car and crossed the countryside to the town of Lisburn. Within an hour, they had killed an off-duty policeman in front of his young son. In Anatomy of a Killing, award-winning journalist Ian Cobain documents the hours leading up to the killing, and the months and years of violence, attrition and rebellion surrounding it. Drawing on interviews with those most closely involved, as well as court files, police notes, military intelligence reports, IRA strategy papers, memoirs and government records, this is ... Read more
On the morning of Saturday 22nd April 1978, members of an Active Service Unit of the IRA hijacked a car and crossed the countryside to the town of Lisburn. Within an hour, they had killed an off-duty policeman in front of his young son. In Anatomy of a Killing, award-winning journalist Ian Cobain documents the hours leading up to the killing, and the months and years of violence, attrition and rebellion surrounding it. Drawing on interviews with those most closely involved, as well as court files, police notes, military intelligence reports, IRA strategy papers, memoirs and government records, this is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783786589
SKU
9781783786589
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99-6
About Ian Cobain
Ian Cobain is an award-winning investigative reporter whose work has appeared in the Guardian, The Times, the Irish Times and Middle East Eye. For his journalism he has won he Martha Gellhorn Prize and the Paul Foot Award, along with two Amnesty International media awards. His first book, Cruel Britannia (Portobello 2012) won the Paddy Power Total Politics Award for ... Read more
Reviews for Anatomy of a Killing: Life and Death on a Divided Island
By homing in on one man's violent death, Ian Cobain tells a riveting and tragic story but, while doing that, he has also written a precise, compelling history of the Troubles. It's one of the best I've read
Roddy Doyle Cool and careful, and utterly devastating... alive to nuance and complexity
Irish Times
A remarkable piece ... Read more
Roddy Doyle Cool and careful, and utterly devastating... alive to nuance and complexity
Irish Times
A remarkable piece ... Read more