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When Manny McDonnell was twelve he awoke to discover British troops surrounding his home in the toughest area of trouble-torn Belfast. Internment had begun and, encouraged by a fiercely Republican mother, he took to the streets with other school kids, throwing bricks, bottles and petrol bombs at soldiers. Jailed at fifteen for having IRA links, he became a unit commander leading deadly missions for the INLA before joining the IPLO, a group so vicious even the IRA ordered it to disband. But his decades of commitment to a free united Ireland turned to disillusion when bombs killed two little boys. By then he was a regular visitor to Scotland, where he befriended major gangland player Paul Ferris and then became the right-hand man of Tam 'The Licensee' McGraw. This remarkable, colourful account of one man's nightmare journey through blood, bombs, bullets and smuggling is a mix of tragedy, fear and humour and is a unique insight into the world of major crime. It includes stories telling how police unwittingly helped car bombers; a terrifying brush with the deadly Shankhill Butchers; the businessmen who made fortunes investing in drugs; hunting a child killer and a host more. It is also the story of how it is possible to put the past behind you and begin a brand new chapter.

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Book category Books in English Biography & True Stories True stories True crime

• Full title: Lighting Candles
• Subtitle: A Paramilitary's War with Death, Drugs and Demons
• Author: David Leslie
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• EAN: 9781845027513
• ISBN: 1845027515
• ID: 02446934
• Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
• Weight: 406 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 158 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 02. June 2014

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