Give a Boy a Gun: From Killing to Peace-Making - Softcover

Alistair Little; Ruth Scott

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9780232527636: Give a Boy a Gun: From Killing to Peace-Making

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0232527636 ISBN 13: 9780232527636

Publisher: Darton, Longman & Todd, 2009

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Subject of the award-winning
BBC docu-drama Five Minutes of Heaven,
starring Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt.

Give a Boy a Gun is the powerful story of Alistair Little, a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force who, aged seventeen, murdered a man. He is now involved with the reconciliation movement, and has shared a platform with the Dalai Lama.

In retelling his story, he explores the factors that turn a boy brought up in a stable, loving family into a terrorist, and then transforms his violence into a deep desire for reconciliation.

Too young to receive a life sentence, Alistair served a 12-year prison sentence in Long Kesh and H-blocks. Once released, he began the slow and painful process that turned him away from terrorism to work internationally with victims and perpetrators in the field of conflict transformation and restorative justice.

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`Told with painful honesty and touching sensitivity ... a courageous book.' -- HRH Prince Hassan of Jordan

About the Author:

Alistair Little, a member of the Protestant Ulster Volunteer Force, was convicted in 1975 and spent 12 years in the notorious Maze at Long Kesh for the murder of a 19-year-old Catholic in Lurgan. He is now actively involved in reconciliation work around the world, including Northern Ireland, South Africa and the Balkans.

Ruth Scott is an Anglican priest, who regularly contributes to Pause for Thought on Terry Wogan's Radio 2 show.

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