Before the Dawn
An Autobiography
Format:Paperback
Publisher:O'Brien Press Ltd
Published:30th Jan '17
£13.99
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Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams offers a unique, intimate account of his childhood in working-class Belfast and the turbulent years of social activism that followed. First published in 1996 – at a time when politics in the North was at an impasse, and the Good Friday Agreement was still many intense months away – Before the Dawn tells of the pogroms of 1969 and the hunger strikes of 1981, moving from the streets of West Belfast to the cages and the H-Blocks of Long Kesh. An engaging and revealing self-portrait that is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand modern Ireland. Updated with a new introduction and epilogue.
timely
-- RTE Guide‘A definitive history of the Irish struggles of the 1970s, from the nationalist point of view. Adams, a fine writer, presents a straightforward, unapologetic memoir.’
Publishers Weekly
‘Gerry Adams is a gifted writer who, if he were not at the centre of the war-and-peace business, could easily make a living as an author.’ The New York Times
One of the most controversial but important political memoirs of recent times.
-- Publishing News‘One thing about him is certain: Gerry Adams is a gifted writer who, if he were not at the centre of the war-and-peace business, could easily make a living as an author, of fiction or fact.’
The New York Times
ISBN: 9781847179166
Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 21mm
Weight: 282g
352 pages
New introduction and epilogue