Rebel Streets: A Novel of the Irish Troubles

by Tom Molloy

Overview

Set in Northern Ireland, Rebel Streets takes an unblinking look at what happens when ordinary people are thrust into a world of violence, extremism, and betrayal—where options are few and consequences severe. Without resorting to caricature or stereotypes, Tom Molloy invites the reader back to a time of religious violence known as the Troubles.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780984835911
Publisher:	Nortia Press
Publication date:	01/15/2013
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Tom Molloy has driven 18-wheelers, served as a volunteer firefighter, de-iced commercial jetliners, worked as a social worker, and accompanied IRA fighters during street battles while covering the Troubles in Northern Ireland as a freelance journalist. On several occasions Molloy was detained by British security forces, and was once sent on a brief stint to the infamous Castle Rae detention center, where his novel Irish Streets opens. Other books by Molloy include The Vandal and The Green Line.

Editorial Reviews

"Tom Molloy's gripping novel puts readers in the hands, hearts, and minds of those who lived and died by the life-and-death code of The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Rebel Streets recreates that time in a story that, like the sectarian war itself, is by turns poignant, brutal, and inevitably tragic. I read it in one hold-your-breath sitting." —Gerry Boyle, author of Port City Black and White

“Rebel Streets begins with a harrowing interrogation scene that binds two men together—one a member of the IRA and the other a detective with the RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary)—in an unholy alliance that wreaks havoc in the streets and homes of Belfast. Molloy’s Ireland is already in our hearts, and his characters will also find a place there as they move toward the powerful and closing pages of this exhilarating and devastating novel.” —Pamela Painter, author of Wouldn't You Like to Know

Praise for Tom Molloy's The Green Line:

"Molloy's style is impressive in its tense self-control, conveying impacted emotion with a bare minimum of words. . . . The characters are vividly drawn, the whole thing is painfully realistic, and Tom Molloy has made an impressive debut."—Publishers Weekly

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