Dead Ground by Raymond Gilmour
DEAD GROUND (defined as 'exposed, apparently safe territory, concealing hostile threats') is the story of a man who spent eight years as an undercover police agent inside the IRA. He exposes for the first time the reality of life in the dark claustrophobic world of the Provisionals: the iron grip they hold over their own communities - a grip as tight and vicious as any Mafia stranglehold - and their ruthless and cynical disregard for human life. He reveals the corruption and double-standards that see young volunteers kneecapped for petty thieving, while the high-ups steal with impunity. Above all, DEAD GROUND is a human story - the life of a man trapped in no man's land, in a dirty war in which both the IRA and the security forces exploit kids trapped in dead-end estates. It is the most gripping, revelatory and compulsive narrative of the year.
There are people alive today who would have been murdered had he (Ray) not been prepared to risk his life for money, excitement and a role that gave him a sense of self-worthHe has done much more good than bad. - Sean O'Callaghan, author of THE INFORMER in the DAILY TELEGRAPH This tautly written book makes DONNIE BRASCO look like NOEL'S HOUSE PARTY FHM
Raymond Gilmour still lives under a false identity. His wife and children returned to Derry and Ray has not seen them since.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316879675 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316879673 |
| Title | Dead Ground |
| Author | Raymond Gilmour |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown & Company |
| Year published | 1998-03-05 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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