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Mostly though, this thriller chronicles the beleaguered journalist's lame efforts to stay out of trouble. Starkey isn't exactly a man of action; in fact, he's a likeable character partly because he knows he's a weak man. Late in the book, Starkey sums up his predicament: "The world was still after me, Patricia was still missing, I was still a killer on the run, and I had a disturbing tendency to burst into tears, but I wasn't going to let little things like that get me down." He copes with stress by 1) drinking too much and 2) making jokes. When a nun in a miniature car saves Starkey from a hail of gunfire, for instance, he spends a few moments wondering what the proper name of her headgear is and decides to call it a Godpiece. Dan Starkey makes an entertaining guide to war-torn Northern Ireland, even while he discovers, time and again, that the pen is not mightier than the sword. --Jill Marquis
“The story unfolds at a cracking pace. James Nesbitt’s delivery is spot on, creating a whole range of crazy, cranky characters.”
Ham & High 6/11/98
“frightening, funny, clever, and at aleast as entertaining as the original book.”
Belfast Telegraph 26/12/98
“James Nesbitt gives a terrific reading... the action is matched by biting humour.”
Express 19/12/98
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