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Watching the Door: Drinking Up, Getting Down, and Cheating Death in 1970s Belfast

Watching the Door: Drinking Up, Getting Down, and Cheating Death in 1970s Belfast - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Kevin MyersPublish date:2009-04-01Pages:286
Language:EnglishPublisher:Soft SkullISBN-13:9781593762353ISBN-10:1593762356UPC:9781593762353Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, PoliticalSize:8.22 x 6.18 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SCPP8KKGKJ
Kevin Myers was a young, wide-eyed, and naive outsider thrust into the thick of the conflict in Northern Ireland as it teetered on the brink of civil war. Quickly absorbed into the local community and privy to the secrets of both the Protestant and Catholic paramilitaries, Myers gained a unique perspective into both sides of the sectarian violence.

Devoid of any political agenda, Myers describes the streets of Belfast at its bloodiest with searing clarity, capturing every inch of the city's disturbing violence. Flirting with death at every turn, Myers comes of age as the world around him falls apart, fueled by the psychotic rage, senseless murder, and unrelenting terror that surround Northern Ireland's loyalist gangs, paratroopers, police force, and, of course, average citizen.

Part unofficial history, part personal memoir, Watching the Door is raw, provocative, and darkly funny, offering an unbridled account of sex, death, and violence in Northern Ireland by one of its most dynamic witnesses.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Soft SkullISBN-13:9781593762353ISBN-10:1593762356UPC:9781593762353Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, PoliticalSize:8.22 x 6.18 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SCPP8KKGKJ
Kevin Myers is an English-born journalist of Irish origin and a writer. He has contributed to the Irish Independent, the Irish edition of The Sunday Times, and The Irish Times's column "An Irishman's Diary".
Publisher: Soft Skull

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