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Black Mountain - and other stories - cover

Black Mountain - and other stories

Gerry Adams

Publisher: Brandon

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Summary

In this collection, one of Ireland's best-known political figures brings us new and selected stories of politics, of family, of love and of friendship. These are portraits of Ireland, and especially Belfast, old and new, in times of struggle and in times of peace, showing how our past is always part of our present. Sometimes sad, sometimes funny, always moving, these are stories of ordinary people captured with wit, with heart and with understanding. Introduction by Timothy O'Grady.
Available since: 08/02/2021.
Print length: 320 pages.

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