Showtime: The Inside Story of Fianna Fáil in Power - Softcover

Leahy, Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844882020 ISBN 13: 9781844882021

Publisher: Penguin Ireland, 2009

Synopsis

Unusual book

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Review:

Leahy's book is an excellent mixture of political history and compelling narrative. --Irish Times

Showtime is extremely readable, with a quick wit easing the reader's path
--Irish Mail on Sunday

Excellent --Business & Finance

Leahy's book is accessible and there is no lull in the narrative
-- The Phoenix

From the Back Cover:

'[Leahy] writes with brio and brilliance' Eoghan Harris, Sunday Independent

In boom and in bust, Ireland has been led by Fianna Fáil. Showtime is the riveting inside story of the party's dominance of Irish politics - and of its fall from grace. Leading political writer Pat Leahy takes the reader into the cabinet room and the private office and tells the gripping story of how it won, kept and used power since the mid-1990s. Showtime is politics in the raw: the exciting, enlightening and sometimes disturbing story of a remarkable era that changed the face of modern Ireland.

'Very impressive and told me a lot that I didn't know' Vincent Browne, TV3
'A great racy read' Joe Duffy, RTÉ
'Studded with fascinating anecdotes ... immensely wise in its analysis and insight' Sunday Times
'Excellent ... compelling ... at times, it is truly like a thriller' Irish Times
'Vigorous, breathless ... compelling ... a book that makes one laugh and weep' Irish Independent
'Revealing ... astonishing ... thrilling' Sunday Tribune
'Witty yet measured ... [has] a wealth of remarkable anecdotes' Irish Mail on Sunday
'An accessible, colourful and ultimately damning account of Fianna Fáil under Bertie Ahern' Sunday Business Post
'I know where Pat Leahy got the information for his book. Nonsense. Fellas' ego trips' Bertie Ahern, FF TD

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Ireland
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1844882020
• ISBN 13: 9781844882021
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384