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Ructions O'Hare volume 1
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Written by a former IRA operative, this debut novel follows James “Ructions” O'Hare as he tries to keep his plan to rob the biggest bank in Belfast from the IRA, which will require all of his cunning and skill.
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Soho Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 24 cm.
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Autumn, 1943: Fifty Browning Automatic Rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition have been stolen from a US Army base in Northern Ireland. A few miles from the depot, the body of a known IRA man has been found with a bullet in the head and a pound note in his hand-the mark of an informer. Fearing a German-sponsored IRA uprising, General Eisenhower, Billy's uncle by marriage, sends him to recover the weapons before more damage is done. Billy searched...
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"A producer at the Belfast bureau of the BBC, Tessa is at work one day when the news of another raid comes on the air. The IRA may have gone underground after the Good Friday agreement, but they never really went away, and lately, bomb threats, arms drops, and helicopters floating ominously over the city have become features of everyday life. As the anchor requests the public's help in locating those responsible for this latest raid - a robbery at...
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