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NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER IN THE IRISH NON-FICTION CHARTS

Rough Beast is shocking, important and unputdownable. Roddy Doyle


Rough Beast is Máiría Cahill''s harrowing story of her life and of what she went through at the hands of what is now Ireland's largest and richest party. That story is told here for the first time in full detail and with unsparing honesty. It is a story of unimaginable trauma and political corruption. It brings to life a world of paramilitary secrecy and parallel laws, but above all it is the story of one young woman's defiance of the power wielded by ex-gunmen inspiring fear and silence, and their influence over elected politicians.

Máiría Cahill grew up steeped in the traditions of Irish republicanism and the shadowy world of the IRA: her great-uncle Joe was one of the main founders of the Provisional IRA and her grandfather was Gerry Adams''s mentor in the republican movement. From an early age she seemed des

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    Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    Publication Date: 9/12/2024
    ISBN13: 9781804540138, 978-1804540138
    ISBN10: 1804540137

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER IN THE IRISH NON-FICTION CHARTS

    Rough Beast is shocking, important and unputdownable. Roddy Doyle


    Rough Beast is Máiría Cahill''s harrowing story of her life and of what she went through at the hands of what is now Ireland's largest and richest party. That story is told here for the first time in full detail and with unsparing honesty. It is a story of unimaginable trauma and political corruption. It brings to life a world of paramilitary secrecy and parallel laws, but above all it is the story of one young woman's defiance of the power wielded by ex-gunmen inspiring fear and silence, and their influence over elected politicians.

    Máiría Cahill grew up steeped in the traditions of Irish republicanism and the shadowy world of the IRA: her great-uncle Joe was one of the main founders of the Provisional IRA and her grandfather was Gerry Adams''s mentor in the republican movement. From an early age she seemed des

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