Running Mates
Published on 1. April 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-85640-799-4 (ISBN)
Description
In Derry, the ceasefire may have curtailed some of the Boys' activities, but corruption and crime have yet to be decommissioned. With the Irish presidential election looming, local gangster Harry the Hurler sees his chance to muscle his way into the South. He backs both Derry judge 'Letemout' Lou and notorious newspaperman Stan - who happen to be ex-lovers - as his candidates. These rivals will stop at nothing to win - and the bad guys are even worse!
Reviews / Votes
'The best Northern Ireland political novel of the century.' Sunday Times 'Downey has once again constructed a world of rogues and crooks that Dickens would have been proud to have created.' Irish News 'A gem ... this new author is eagle-eyed and as sharp as a lance' Belfast Telegraph 'Viciously funny, remorselessly realistic.' Eamonn McCann, Londonderry SentinelMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Colourpoint Creative Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Weight
218 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85640-799-4 (9780856407994)
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Person
Garbhan Downey cut his journalistic teeth editing University College Galway's student magazine in the late 1980s. After he qualified, he worked as a columnist and reporter with several regional and national newspapers. He then spent several years as a reporter, producer and presenter with the BBC, in Derry and Belfast, before becoming editor of the Derry News in 2001. During his three years at the paper it doubled its circulation, won two Newspaper Society (UK) awards, and started a second edition.Now dividing his time between writing fiction and editing the soon-to-be-launched literary review Verbal, he has published four books, including Private Diary of a Suspended MLA and Off Broadway.