Biting at the Grave

The Irish Hunger Strikes and the Politics of Despair

Padraig O'Malley

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Beacon Press
01 September 2018

Cultural studies

A haunting account of the hunger strikes of 1981 and their lingering effects on the troubled peoples of Northern Ireland.

By: Padraig O'Malley
Imprint: Beacon Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Reprinted edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 468g
ISBN: 9780807002094
ISBN 10: 0807002097
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 01 September 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Biting at the Grave: The Irish Hunger Strikes and the Politics of Despair

In an eloquent and haunting book, O'Malley makes the fanaticism of [the hunger strikers] and their supporters, the obdurate and morally discredited tactics of the British Government and the hopeless combat of the Protestant and Roman Catholic factions in the Northern Ireland struggle explicable, and exposes the politics behind it. — The New York Times Book Review