Verlag: The Lilliput Press Ltd, Ireland, Dublin, 2006
ISBN 10: 1843510855 ISBN 13: 9781843510857
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. As an Irish Catholic raised in Leicester, fresh from University College Dublin with a first in History, Kevin Myers is sent north to work for the Belfast bureau of RTE News. There he covers the increasingly vicious conflict erupting in the city as the IRA campaign begins. Reporting too for Dublins Hibernia, the London Observer and NBC Radio for North America, Kevin Myers becomes the eyes and ears for an uncomprehending world, chronicling the collapse of Northern Irish society, from internment to the La Mon bombing. Raw, candid and courageous, Watching the Door documents the deeds of loyalist gangs, provos, paratroopers, politicians, British agents and an indomitable citizenry, forming a remarkable double portrait of a divided society and an emergent self a witness to humanity, and inhumanity, on both sides of a sectarian faultline. In his wonderfully vivid, trenchant, first-hand account of life on the streets of Belfast during the height of the Troubles, a young Kevin Myers witnesses the blood fueds and chaos of a people on the brink of civil war. His descriptions of violence, counter-violence and emotional free-fall, combine humour with reflection, eros with thanatos; they render history in the making. By interweaving the political and the personal in a tale at once self-deprecating, poignant and sexually buoyant, Watching the Door is a coming-of-age story like no other. It is evocative and passionate, and it records a pivotal time in Irelands recent past, blending articulacy with savage indignation in a classic of modern reportage. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: The Lilliput Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1843510855 ISBN 13: 9781843510857
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Verlag: LILLIPUT PRESS, 2006
ISBN 10: 1843510855 ISBN 13: 9781843510857
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Verlag: The Lilliput Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1843510855 ISBN 13: 9781843510857
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. As an Irish Catholic raised in Leicester, fresh from University College Dublin with a first in History, Kevin Myers is sent north to work for the Belfast bureau of RTE News. There he covers the increasingly vicious conflict erupting in the city as the IRA campaign begins. Reporting too for Dublins Hibernia, the London Observer and NBC Radio for North America, Kevin Myers becomes the eyes and ears for an uncomprehending world, chronicling the collapse of Northern Irish society, from internment to the La Mon bombing. Raw, candid and courageous, Watching the Door documents the deeds of loyalist gangs, provos, paratroopers, politicians, British agents and an indomitable citizenry, forming a remarkable double portrait of a divided society and an emergent self - a witness to humanity, and inhumanity, on both sides of a sectarian faultline. In his wonderfully vivid, trenchant, first-hand account of life on the streets of Belfast during the height of the Troubles, a young Kevin Myers witnesses the blood fueds and chaos of a people on the brink of civil war. His descriptions of violence, counter-violence and emotional free-fall, combine humour with reflection, eros with thanatos; they render history in the making. By interweaving the political and the personal in a tale at once self-deprecating, poignant and sexually buoyant, Watching the Door is a coming-of-age story like no other. It is evocative and passionate, and it records a pivotal time in Irelands recent past, blending articulacy with savage indignation in a classic of modern reportage.
Verlag: The Lilliput Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1843510855 ISBN 13: 9781843510857
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Verlag: The Lilliput Press Ltd, 2006
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Zustand: Good. 2006. First Edition. 274 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth boards with lettering. Flat signed by author to title page. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Price sticker to flap. Minor wear marks to spine and panels.
Verlag: The Lilliput Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1843510855 ISBN 13: 9781843510857
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Verlag: The Lilliput Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1843510855 ISBN 13: 9781843510857
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Verlag: The Lilliput Press, 2006
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Verlag: The Lilliput Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1843510855 ISBN 13: 9781843510857
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