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Living with ghosts
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- Book Synopsis
- In Living With Ghosts renowned veteran journalist Brian Rowan retraces his steps through Northern Ireland's conflict years, as he bravely delves into the darkness of those times. His story takes us beyond the often strict boundaries of the news into the very real dilemmas and fears behind its scenes. In his journalistic career Rowan walked the thinnest of lines, where morals and principles were blurred, and as a result his mind became tortured. This book is an explanation, not a confession. He goes deep into his contacts with the IRA, the loyalist organisations, MI5, Special Branch, the army and the many other players in the conflict period. And he joins the dots on a path out of 'war' in a place that has not yet found peace of mind. Rowan thinks and writes inside a moral maze, and in this book he invites us into his nightmares of remembering and to times he will never forget. Living with Ghosts is a moving and deeply personal account of one man's doubts and decisions, and the challenges of reporting a war on his doorstep.
- About The Author
- Brian Rowan is a former BBC correspondent in Belfast. Since the late 1980s, he has reported on all the major developments on Northern Ireland's journey from war to peace; stories he has told using a range of sources - IRA, loyalist, police, military, intelligence, political, Church and others. Rowan left the BBC in 2005, the year the IRA ended its armed campaign. Four times he has been a category winner in the Northern Ireland Press and Broadcast awards, including twice as Specialist Journalist of the Year. He still comments and writes regularly on the issue of legacy and on the questions relating to the conflict period, and his analysis is often sought on the troubled politics of peace. Reviewing his last book, Political Purgatory, the commentator Alex Kane wrote: 'Rowan takes us up to and through the last crisis step by step. He doesn't do broad brush, big picture stuff. He hears the rustles, he observes the seeming trifles, he talks to the horses' mouths rather than third- or fourth-hand sources.' Living With Ghosts is Rowan's seventh book on the conflict and peace periods.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781785374036
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Merrion Press, (13 September 2022)
- Number of Pages
- 256
- Weight
- 306 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 215 x 135 x 22 mm
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