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Running Mates

Running Mates

by Garbhan Downey (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

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Synopsis

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!

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Publisher: Blackstaff Press Ltd
Published: 01 Apr 2007
ISBN 10: 0856407992
ISBN 13: 9780856407994

Media Reviews
'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 Sentinel
Author Bio
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.