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Rebel Streets: A Novel of the Irish Troubles

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

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.

Tom Molloy has driven eighteen-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 Castlereagh detention center, where his novel Rebel Streets opens. Other books by Molloy include The Vandal and The Green Line. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Tom lives in South Portland, Maine.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 216
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780984835911
  • Genres
  • fiction
  • Release date
  • 2013